Raile v. People

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• no ongoing emergency, and thus statements were testimonial, where declarant did not ask for help and was not in current danger
• Confrontation Clause error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt where improperly admitted statements were similar to other statements presented at trial and statements were not critical to prosecution’s case
• Colorado state courts must follow Supreme Court precedent on matters of federal constitutional law
• “[T]here is no reasonable probability that Raile was prejudiced by the admission of the statements; thus, the trial court’s error was harmless.”
• “[S]tatements made during an ongoing emergency to assist police officers in their efforts to assess the present situation are nontestimonial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).