Hearsay at Sentencing

The 2nd. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals last Friday clarified some aspects of hearsay at sentencing hearings, according to a Law.com article this morning, the court ruling that “recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on a defendant’s right to confront witnesses at trial and have a jury find the facts critical to longer sentences do not bar a judge from considering hearsay testimony at sentencing.” ( U.S. v. Martinez, 04-2075-cr, decided June 24, 2005 )