United States v. Ralph Pena-Gutierrez

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• holding that prosecutor who never tried to contact out-of-country witness despite having his name and address did not make a good-faith effort
• noting that an alien's statement to an immigration officer was hearsay-within-hearsay when the statement was contained in the immigration officer's report
• Explaining that a “district court’s determination that the defendant was not a minor participant in the offense is a factual determination that we review for clear error.”
• Se tenía conocimiento de la dirección del testigo en México y no lo contactaron. El tribunal resolvió que el Estado no demostró tener razón para creer que el testigo no respondería al requerimiento de volver a los Estados Unidos para testificar.

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