STATE v. CAULFIELD

No. A04-1484.

722 N.W.2d 304 (2006)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Scott CAULFIELD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, State of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, Raymond F. Schmitz, Olmsted County Attorney, Daniel Paul Haugrud Reiff, Olmsted County Attorney, David F. McLeod, Assistant Olmsted County Attorney, Rochester, MN, for Respondent.

Roy G. Spurbeck, Assistant State Public Defender, Office of the Minnesota State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

HANSON, Justice.

Appellant Scott Caulfield challenges his conviction of possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. Caulfield argues that a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) laboratory report identifying a substance seized from him as cocaine was testimonial evidence under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004). He contends that his confrontation rights...

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