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STATE v. HARPER

No. 07-0449.

770 N.W.2d 316 (2009)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Sessions Lamont HARPER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik and Scott Brown, Assistant Attorneys General, and Timothy N. Schott, County Attorney, for appellee.

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

STREIT, Justice.

A badly-burned woman was brought to the emergency room. When the attending doctor asked what had happened, she responded, "Sessions Harper raped me, tied me, and set my house on fire." Holly Michael died eighteen days later from the burns. At trial, Harper objected to Michael's statements, claiming their admission violated his right to confrontation as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. The district court...

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