United States v. Maria Orozco, United States of America v. Jose Liva-Corona

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• holding that a record made by a customs inspector, stating that a car with a particular license plate had crossed the border at a particular time, was admissible as a public record
• explaining that the legislative history of FRE Rule 803(8) indicates that “Congress did not intend to exclude records of routine, nonadversarial matters”
• admitting computer records of license plates on cars crossing the border due to non-adversarial setting in which information was gathered
• describing CBP’s procedure as “a relatively simple one,” involving a customs inspector entering license numbers into the computer
• upholding admission of Treasury Department data card reporting the license plate number of a vehicle crossing the United States border with Mexico because this is objective data recorded in a non-adversarial setting
• “While governmental functions could be included within the broad definition of ‘business’ in rule 803(6), such a result is obviated by rule 803(8) .... ”

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