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Napier v. State

Citations

  • 820 N.E.2d 144
  • 2005 Ind. App. LEXIS 1
  • 2005 WL 22858

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding State's failure to present any \live testimony\ at trial from the officer who conducted breath tests ran afoul of the Confrontation Clause in light of Crawford
  • affidavit is not testimonial because information within it “does not pertain to the issue of guilt”
  • affidavit is not testimonial because information within it “does not pertain to the issue of guilt”
  • admission of breath test *Page 12 instrument certification documents indicating that inspection and tests were performed on the machine on a specified date did not violate the rule set forth in Crawford
  • “[I]t is our view that the inspection ... certifications are simply not included in the class of evidence ... identified by the Crawford court as ‘the modern practices with closest kinship to the abuses at which the Confrontation Clause was directed.’ ”
  • certification non-testimonial because it does not pertain to defendant’s guilt

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Judges: Baker, Sharpnack, Friedlander

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