United States v. Timmons, No. 19-1972 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's revocation of defendant's supervise release, holding that the district court denied him the right to confront the key witness against him at his revocation hearing. The court held that the government failed to provide a reasonably satisfactory explanation for not producing the witness and failed to show that the witness's recorded police statement was inherently reliable. Finally, denying defendant the opportunity to confront the witness was not harmless. The court declined to remand to the district court for a new hearing without providing the government the opportunity to expand the record and bring in live testimony from the witness.
Court Description: [Kobes, Author, with Kelly and Melloy, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court violated defendant's due process rights by denying him the right to confront the key witness against him at his revocation hearing;the revocation of his supervised release is reversed; the court declines defendant's request that the matter be remanded with directions to the district court for a new hearing without providing the government an opportunity to expand the record and bring in the witness for live testimony.
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