Missouri Court of Appeals· 10/23/2007

State v. Davidson

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242 S.W.3d 409
2007 Mo. App. LEXIS 1459
2007 WL 3071486

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holding that because autopsy report was prepared for litigation, it was testimonial and admission without author = s testimony violated defendant = s confrontation rights
holding that when an autopsy report is prepared at the request of law enforcement in anticipation of a murder prosecution and the report is offered to prove the victim’s cause of death, the report is testimonial
holding based on the principles stated above that testimony of a law enforcement officer was admissible that it is uncommon to see bruising thirty minutes after an incident of abuse and that bruises usually do not appear until the following day
finding a laboratory report created for the purpose of prosecution is testimonial in nature
erroneous admission of autopsy report harmless where cause of victim’s death undisputed
“Where, as here, there is no reference to any specific criminal act committed either by the defendant or by any gang to which the defendant might belong, admission of such a vague reference . . . does not support a claim of reversible error.”

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Judges: Lawrence E. Mooney

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