ANDERSON v. STATE

No. A-8064.

163 P.3d 1000 (2007)

Joseph L. ANDERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

August 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen A. Libbey, Libbey Law Offices, LLC, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Gregg D. Renkes and Talis J. Colberg, Attorneys General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.


OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

In Crawford v. Washington,1 the United States Supreme Court held that the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution prevents the government from introducing testimonial hearsay against a criminal defendant unless the hearsay declarant is available to be cross-examined at trial—or unless the government proves that the hearsay declarant is unavailable, and the...

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