{"id":64565,"date":"2026-07-31T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64565"},"modified":"2026-07-31T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:45:16","slug":"n-d-n-y-confrontation-clause-doesnt-apply-in-suppression-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64565","title":{"rendered":"N.D.N.Y.: Confrontation clause doesn&#8217;t apply in suppression hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hearsay may be relied upon in a suppression hearing, and the confrontation clause doesn\u2019t apply. United States v. Albert, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168169 (N.D.N.Y. July 29, 2026):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In considering a motion to suppress, &#8220;the court may rely on hearsay and other evidence, even though that evidence would not be admissible at trial.&#8221; United States v. Raddatz, 447 U.S. 667, 679 (1980) (citing United States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164, 172-74 [1974]; Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 172-74 [1949]; Fed. R. Evid. 104[a], 1101[d][1]). Similarly, &#8220;the Confrontation Clause does not attach to pretrial suppression hearings.&#8221; United States v. Shaw, 16-CR-0642, 2017 WL 1380598, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 13, 2017). Finally, the standard of proof at such a hearing is a preponderance of the evidence. See United States v. Miller, 382 F. Supp.2d 350, 361 (N.D.N.Y. 2005) (Sharpe, J.) (&#8220;In Fourth and Fifth Amendment litigation \u2026 the standard of proof is \u2026 proof by a preponderance of the evidence.&#8221;) (citing United States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164, 177 [1974]).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearsay may be relied upon in a suppression hearing, and the confrontation clause doesn\u2019t apply. United States v. Albert, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168169 (N.D.N.Y. July 29, 2026):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,44,111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissibility-of-evidence","category-informant-hearsay","category-suppression-hearings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64566,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64565\/revisions\/64566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}