STATE v. VINCENT

No. CR-87-0001-AP.

159 Ariz. 418 (1989)

768 P.2d 150

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Gerald Dean VINCENT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

January 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div. and John B. Barkley, Paul J. McMurdie, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Jim D. Himelic, Tucson, for appellant.


FIDEL, Judge.

Gerald Dean Vincent was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment without release for twenty-five years. The murder victim was his estranged wife.

We reverse because we conclude that Vincent's state and federal constitutional right to confront adverse witnesses was violated by the state's videotaped presentation of the testimony of his minor children.

The United...

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