U.S. v. McGREGOR

Criminal Action No. 2:10cr186-MHT.

857 F.Supp.2d 1224 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America v. Milton E. McGREGOR, Thomas E. Coker, Larry P. Means, James E. Preuitt, Harri Anne H. Smith, and Jarrell W. Walker, Jr.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

March 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin V. Shur , Peter J. Ainsworth , Barak Cohen , Brenda K. Morris , Edward T. Kang , Emily Rae Woods , Eric Olshan , John Luman Smith , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Louis V. Franklin, Sr. , Stephen P. Feaga , U.S. Attorney's Office, Montgomery, AL, for United States of America.

Joseph Cleodus Espy, III , Benjamin Joseph Espy , William Martin Espy , Melton Espy & Williams, PC, Ashley Nicole Penhale , James David Martin , Robert David Segall , Copeland Franco Screws & Gill PA, Clayton Rushing Tartt , Shannon Lynn Holliday , Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, AL, Fred Sr. D. Gray , Walter Edgar McGowan , Gray Langford Sapp McGowan Gray Gray & Nathanson PC, Tuskegee, AL, Ruth H. Whitney , Inveritas, Little Rock, AR, Samuel H. Heldman , The Gardner Firm, Washington, DC, for Milton E. McGregor.

Stewart Davidson McKnight, III , Joel Evan Dillard , William Joseph Baxley , Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & James, Birmingham, AL, for Thomas E. Coker.

William N. Clark , Glory R. McLaughlin , Stephen Wesley Shaw , William Hayes Mills , Redden, Mills & Clark, Birmingham, AL, for Larry P. Means.

Ronald Wayne Wise , Law Office of Ronald W. Wise, Montgomery, AL, for James E. Preuitt.


OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

In the retrial of this public-corruption case, the government sought the admission of certain out-of-court statements made by the late defendant Joseph R. Crosby.* Defendant Milton E. McGregor objected to their admission on Confrontation Clause grounds. The court overruled McGregor's objection and admitted the evidence. This opinion explains why.

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