U.S. v. CASTELAN

No. 99-3352.

219 F.3d 690 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan CASTELAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick S. Layng (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Nathan Diamond-Falk (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUDAHY, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

In February 1998, a grand jury charged defendant Juan Castelan and three codefendants with various drug crimes. During Castelan's trial, the district court, relying on Federal Rule of Evidence 804(b)(3), allowed the government to introduce over objection the postarrest statements of codefendant Ruben Olivares, who refused to testify as a government witness even after being immunized. A jury found Castelan

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