State v. MacLin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a Crawford analysis is necessary only when \a defendant raises a Confrontation Clause objection\
• observing that “Courts across the country are grappling with the distinction between ‘testimonial’ and ‘nontestimonial’ hearsay and coming to different, often conflicting, results”
• reversing conviction of reckless aggravated assault and dismissing case when “the only evidence linking the defendant to the” assault were the testimonial hearsay of deceased victim
• “We adopt a case-by-case approach to decide whether a proffered hearsay statement is ‘testimonial. . . .’”
• “If [an out-of-court statement] is determined to be ‘testimonial,’ then . . . the statement is inadmissible unless the witness was unavailable and the defendant had a prior opportunity for cross-examination.”

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