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State v. Price

Synopsis: Did admission of a child victim’s pretrial, out of court statements violate the confrontation clause?

State v. Kirkpatrick

Synopsis: May a law enforcement officer lawfully ask a vehicle occupant to exit the vehicle and identify himself where the officer has a reasonable suspicion that the vehicle was recently involved in a reckless driving incident and there is no actual driver at the time of contact? Does the admission of a certified statement from the Department of Licensing, indicating a defendant has no license, violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the federal constitution?

State v. Watt

Synopsis: Did the trial court commit reversible error by admitting hearsay statements in violation of the defendant’s right to confrontation, following Crawford v. Washington?

State v. Ohlson

Synopsis: Is a rule which states excited utterances are per se nontestimonial under Crawford sustainable after Washington v. Davis, 126 S. Read more…

State v. Koslowski

Synopsis: The petitioner maintains that his right to confrontation was violated when the State introduced statements at his trial that were made by a non-testifying victim to police officers who responded to a 911 call.