STATE v. KIRBY

(SC 17531)

908 A.2d 506 (2006)

280 Conn. 361

STATE OF CONNECTICUT RUSSELL KIRBY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released October 17, 2006


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah Donovan, for the appellant (defendant).

Kevin T. Kane, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Sullivan, C.J., and Borden, Norcott, Palmer and Zarella, Js.


Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

This appeal requires us to consider whether various hearsay statements made by the deceased complainant to a police dispatcher, a responding police officer, and an emergency medical technician were "testimonial" and, therefore, inadmissible as violative of the confrontation clause of the sixth amendment to the United States constitution1 as explained by Crawford v. Washington, ...

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