UNITED STATES v. PARRY

No. 80-5341.

649 F.2d 292 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Scott PARRY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

June 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Skinner, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Ernest D. Mueller, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORGAN, RONEY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge.

The question in this case is whether the district court erred in excluding certain testimony by the appellant's mother as inadmissible hearsay. We conclude that the evidence should have been admitted and therefore reverse appellant's convictions and remand for a new trial.

Scott Parry was tried before a jury and convicted in consolidated cases of conspiring to distribute phenycyclidine hydrochloride (PCP) and of possessing with...

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