United States v. Joshua Williams

── United States v. Joshua Williams ── Case No.: 25-12357 Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Date: April 01, 2026 Category: NEW USCA11 Case: 25-12357 Document: 29-1 Date Filed: 04/01/2026 Page: 1 of 7 NOT FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-12357 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOSHUA WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 8:18-cr-00064-SDM-TGW-1 ____________________ Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, and LUCK and LAGOA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Joshua Williams appeals the revocation of his supervised re- lease based on an altercation he had with his father, Jerry Williams. USCA11 Case: 25-12357 Document: 29-1 Date Filed: 04/01/2026 Page: 2 of 7 2 Opinion of the Court 25-12357 He contends that the district court erred by admitting hearsay evi- dence without conducting the balancing test under United States v. Frazier, 26 F.3d 110 (11th Cir. 1994). He also contends that the evi- dence was insufficient to support a finding that he violated the terms of his supervised release. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND In 2019, Williams was convicted of being a felon in posses- sion of a firearm and ammunition. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The dis- trict court sentenced him to a mandatory minimum of 180 months of imprisonment under the Armed Career Criminal Act, id. § 924(e), followed by five years of supervised release. Williams ap- pealed, we granted summary reversal, vacated his sentence, and the district court resentenced him to time served, followed by three years of supervised release. The terms of Williams’s supervised re- lease prohibited him from committing more crimes, using con- trolled substances, and possessing dangerous weapons. In March 2025, Williams’s probation officer petitioned to re- voke his release based on four alleged violations: aggravated assault and battery under Florida law, possession of a deadly weapon, and drug use. The allegations stemmed from a domestic altercation during which Williams allegedly elbowed Jerry in the head and pulled a knife on him. At the final revocation hearing, Williams ad- mitted that he used drugs but contested the remaining allegations. The government moved to admit several exhibits at the final revocation hearing, including body camera footage from officers who responded on the evening of the incident; two voicemails USCA11 Case: 25-12357 Document: 29-1 Date Filed: 04/01/2026 Page: 3 of 7 25-12357 Opinion of the Court 3 from Jerry to the probation officer; a photo of a knife allegedly used in the altercation; and a text message from Williams to his proba- tion officer. Williams’s counsel stated that he had “[n]o objection” to the admission of this evidence. The government then called Wil- liams’s probation officer, who testified that she had received two voicemails from Jerry Williams. In the first, Jerry stated that he wanted Williams out of the house because he was drinking and had broken a plate, and in the second, he stated that Willi