Valdivia v. Schwarzenegger’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions

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1. “"In Comito , this court specified the test for the confrontation rights of parolees. `[I]n determining whether the admission of hearsay evidence violates the releasee's right to confrontation in a particular case, the court must weigh the releasee's interest in his constitutionally guaranteed right to confrontation against the Government's good cause for denying it.' 177 F.3d at 1170 . The weight given to a parolee's right to confrontation is assessed by two non-exhaustive factors: `the importance of the hearsay evidence to the court's ultimate finding and the nature of the facts to be proven by the evidence.' Id. at 1171 . If the hearsay evidence is not important to the finding of a violation, the error in admitting the hearsay evidence can be considered harmless, but is still subject to the good cause analysis. Id. at 1171-72 ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 241 Or. App. 177 - Murphy v. Board of Parole