United States v. John Walter Trala A/K/A Sonny A/K/A Walter John Trala John Walter Trala

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• holding that whether an offense is a “crime of violence or a controlled substance offense” is a legal determination that does not raise an issue of fact under Blakely or Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000)
• holding in a case where the government sought to prove bank robbery, conflicting hearsay statements by a co-defendant regarding the origin of the money were admitted to show consciousness of guilt and were “obviously false”
• holding, under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1, that “whether an offense is a ‘crime of violence or a con- trolled substance offense’ is a legal determination, which does not raise an issue of fact under Blakely or Apprendi”
• finding no Confrontation Clause violation where reliability of out-of-court statements was not at issue and where the statements were not introduced for their truth
• Blakely and Apprendi do not apply when the amount of restitution was not a disputed issue of fact

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