Third Circuit: USA v. Jason Moreno

FRE, FRCrimP

Admission of written statements of investigating agent read into the record by a witness under the prior consistent statements hearsay exception violated the Confrontation Clause, but the error was harmless.

No plain error in the sentencing bump for 50 victims.

Prosecutor's unauthorized cross during allocution violated the common law right of allocution, and as it was contrary to the purposes of the relevant FRCrimP rule, the error was plain.  Sentence vacated.

http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/141568p.pdf