Homeward Opportunities Fund I Trust 2019-2 v. Taptelis

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• ruling that Confrontation Clause does not require showing of witness unavailability where hearsay statements of witness were admissible under “spontaneous declaration” exception
• holding that statements within a firmly rooted hearsay exception do not violate the Confrontation Clause
• recognizing that firmly rooted exceptions to the hearsay rules of evidence carry sufficient indicia of reliability to satisfy the reliability requirement of the Confrontation Clause
• holding that “where proffered hearsay has sufficient guarantees of reliability to come within a firmly rooted exception to the hearsay rule, the Confrontation Clause is satisfied”
• recognizing that “hearsay rules and the Confrontation Clause are generally designed to protect similar values and stem from the same roots”
• holding that Confrontation Clause is not violated when testimonial statements of child/victim of a sexual assault to an investigation police officer were properly admitted as spontaneous declarations

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