State of Tennessee v. Thomas Lee Hutchison

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• reasoning that the basic evidentiary purpose test is the “threshold standard”
• applying Williams to admission of autopsy report prepared by nontestifying medical examiner
• an autopsy report is admissible as a business record; testimony of surrogate pathologist, therefore, did not violate the Confrontation Clause
• an autopsy report is admissible as a business record; testimony of surrogate pathologist, therefore, did not violate the Confrontation Clause
• “[T]he Constitution entitles a criminal defendant to a fair trial, not a perfect one.” (alteration in original) (quoting Delaware v. Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673, 681 (1986))
• People v. Leach, 980 N.E.2d 570, 593 (Ill. 2012)

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