The following excerpt is from United States v. Ramirez, D.C. No. 1:08-cr-00149-JDS-1, D.C. No. 1:08-cr-00149-JDS-2, D.C. No. 1:08-cr-00149-JDS-3, No. 10-30179, No. 10-30180, No. 10-30194 (9th Cir. 2011):
the charged conspiracy, the district court must consider "[t]he broad context or circumstances in which the statement was made. . . . [T]he foundation need be sufficient only to infer the statement's purpose; it need not be laid bare on the pages of the trial transcript." United States v. Larson, 460 F.3d 1200, 1211 (9th Cir. 2006).
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