U.S. v. TAVERAS

No. 03-2140.

380 F.3d 532 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jimmy TAVERAS, f/k/a Jimmy Traveras, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn E. Caradonna, with whom The Law Office of Dawn E. Caradonna was on brief, for Appellant.

Donald A. Feith, with whom Thomas P. Colantuono, U.S. Attorney, and Peter E. Papps, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for Appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Jimmy Taveras challenges the district court's revocation of his supervised release without giving him the opportunity to confront the complaining witness whose account of an alleged violation of state law was the basis of the court's revocation decision. Instead, the court relied on Taveras's probation officer to present a hearsay account of the alleged violation. Concluding that the reliance by the district court on this second-hand account...

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