United States v. Matus-Zayas

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• trial court committed \plain error\ in violation of confrontation clause protections, even absent objection by defendant, when it admitted depositions by witnesses government had not shown to be \unavailable\ for live testimony
• trial court committed \plain error\ in violation of confrontation clause protections, even absent objection by defendant, when it admitted depositions by witnesses government had not shown to be \unavailable\ for live testimony
• The government only needs to place “some” evidence of continued unavailability on the record “by detailing its efforts to procure the witness's presence at the trial and by making a showing that despite its efforts, the witnesses remained unavailable.”

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