United States v. Jonathan Wells

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that situation presented ongoing medical emergency where 911 call was made moments after stabbing and victim was asking for medical care
• recognizing Crawford's acknowledgment of the dying declaration as an exception under the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation
• recognizing Crawford’s acknowledgment of the dying declaration as an exception under the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation
• recognizing Crawford's acknowledgment of the dying declaration as an exception under the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation
• describing as “inconclusive” DNA test that “yielded ‘no results,’ meaning that ‘very little DNA [was] present’ or that it was ‘very degraded,’ or both”
• “Considering the Supreme Court’s guidance on the issue, we are reluctant to expand that right beyond the historical parameters indicated in Crawford.” (quoting People v. Gilmore, 356 Ill.App.3d 1023, 293 Ill.Dec. 323, 828 N.E.2d 293, 302 (2005))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).