United States v. William Harry Brink

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• concluding that such evidence “could represent a deliberate effort to obtain incriminating information from a prisoner in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel”
• noting that the Sixth Amendment requires an informant to be no more than a passive \listening post\
• noting that the Sixth Amendment requires an informant to be no -more than a passive “listening post”
• holding it sufficient merely to argue that “‘under the federal rules [a statement] is not hearsay.’ . . . Although [the defendant] did not mention Rule 801(d)(1)(C) expressly, his objection was sufficiently specific to inform the district court.”
• placing informant in cell with pretrial detainee could represent a deliberate effort to obtain incriminating evidence in violation of Sixth Amendment
• placing informant in cell with pretrial detainee could represent a deliberate effort to obtain incriminating evidence in violation of Sixth Amendment

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