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· 6/18/2015

United States v. Paciano Lizarraga-Tirado

Citations

  • 789 F.3d 1107
  • 97 Fed. R. Serv. 1190
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 10256
  • 2015 WL 3772772

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that Google-Earth-generated evidence could be authenticated by “a witness who frequently works with and relies on the program”
  • “A tack 38 placed by the Google Earth program and automatically labeled with GPS coordinates isn’t hearsay.”
  • location markers generated - 24 - on image by Google Earth are not hearsay because Google Earth is not \a person\
  • “A proponent must show that a machine is reliable and correctly calibrated, and that the data put into the machine is accurate.”
  • “Because the program makes the relevant assertion. . . there's no statement as defined by the hearsay rule. In reaching that conclusion, we join other circuits that have held that machine statements aren't hearsay.”
  • \[W]e join other circuits that have held that machine statements aren't hearsay.\

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Judges: Kozinski, Graber, Ponsor

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