United States v. Bates
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
960 F.3d 1278 (2020)
- Written by Sean Carroll, JD
Facts
On suspicion of drug involvement, the police obtained a warrant to search the home of Titus Bates (defendant). Officers arrived at Bates’s home, announced their presence, and, when no one answered, began banging down the door. Bates fired two shots toward the door, one of which hit an officer. At that point, Bates called 911 and told the operator that the police were at his door. Subsequently, Bates opened the door and was arrested. Once Bates was contained in the police car sometime later, he told Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agent Kim Underwood that he did not know it was the police at his door and that he thought he was being robbed. Bates was charged with various drug- and gun-related crimes. At trial, Bates sought to introduce his statement to Underwood, contending in part that the statement was admissible under the excited-utterance exception to the hearsay rule. The district court sustained the objection of the prosecution (plaintiff). Bates was convicted, and he appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Huck, J.)
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