Can a defendant cross-examine an in-court witness who makes a hearsay statement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mayes v. Premo, 766 F.3d 949 (9th Cir. 2014):
20. Defense counsel, however, vigorously cross-examined Anna, eliciting, for instance, the damaging statement that she was nearly always drunk on [t]hree or four 40 ouncers when WalkingEagle had friends over to her house. Cf. United States v. Seeley, 892 F.2d 1, 3 (1st Cir.1989) (noting the utility of the defendant's ability to cross-examine the in-court witness who relates an out-of-court declarant's hearsay statement).
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