State v. Towne

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• holding that admission of non-testifying expert’s opinion through testifying expert’s testimony precluded cross-examination and violated Confrontation Clause
• defendant’s right of confrontation, guaranteed by Vermont Constitution, violated by introduction of the opinion of an expert who was never brought before trier of fact and never cross-examined
• a testifying physician may not act as a mere “conduit” for another physician’s opinion
• Prosecution “highlighted” the hearsay in its closing argument

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