Ruling On Gun Expert Sound, As Is Firearms Conviction, 4th Circuit Says

Mealey's (June 15, 2017, 10:43 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agent’s experience alone is sufficient to qualify him as an expert, and his use of a gun-tracing report prepared by other ATF employees does not violate a criminal defendant’s confrontation rights, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found June 12 in affirming the defendant’s conviction (United States of America v. Jarelle McLean, No. 16-4673, 4th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 10380)....