Opinion
Argued and Submitted November 6, 2001.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)
Defendant, who was convicted of being accessory after the fact in connection with theft of money orders from post office, moved for new trial. The United States District Court for the District of Idaho, Edward J. Lodge, Chief Judge, denied motion. Defendant appealed. The Court of Appeals held that: (1) codefendant's alleged statements were inadmissible hearsay, and (2) new evidence that witness misidentified defendant did not require new trial.
Affirmed.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho Edward J. Lodge, Chief Judge, Presiding.
Before REAVLEY, B. FLETCHER and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
The Honorable Thomas M. Reavley, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9 TH CIR. R. 36-3.
Diane Barnhill appeals the district court's denial of her motion for new trial. The district court did not abuse its discretion by concluding that Barnhill proffered no material, admissible evidence likely to result in an acquittal.
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Statements allegedly made by James to third parties that Barnhill had no knowledge of the burglary are inadmissible hearsay. Barnhill did not raise Rules 801(d)(2)(E) and 803(3) to the district court as bases for admissibility, and those exceptions are not available anyway. Her argument under 804(b)(3) fails because she has made no showing, or argument on appeal, that the declarant, James, is unavailable as a witness. United States v. Lopez-Cruz, 470 F.2d 193, 194 (9th Cir.1972) (holding that the burden is on the proponent to establish unavailability).
With respect to Barnhill's new evidence that Storck might have misidentified Barnhill, the district court was within its discretion to conclude that Storck's testimony identifying Barnhill was sufficiently specific and credible to withstand evidence that James had another girlfriend who looked similar to Barnhill.
Finally, the district court was well within its discretion to conclude that any evidence of Bill Roach's perjury was irrelevant to Barnhill's conviction, since Bill Roach never testified to any fact supporting Barnhill's conviction.
AFFIRMED.