United States v. Gale Nettles

How courts have described this case

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• “We review de novo a district court ruling that affects a defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights.”
• a confidential informant is not considered a witness when his recorded statements merely provide context to a defendant’s admissions
• “[W]hen statements are merely offered to show context, they are not being offered for the truth of the matter asserted, and therefore, Crawford does not require confrontation.”
• “Sometimes, [the declarant] asked questions (presumably in order to elicit more incriminating information from [the defendant] ), ... [but] does not appear to say anything of substance.”

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