HARTSFIELD v. COM.

No. 2007-SC-000077-DG.

277 S.W.3d 239 (2009)

Tyrone Antoine HARTSFIELD, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V. Gene Lewter, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Jack Conway, Attorney General of Kentucky, Kenneth Wayne Riggs, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice MINTON.

We granted Tyrone Hartsfield's motion for discretionary review of a Court of Appeals opinion that held that the prosecution's use at trial of statements made by an alleged sexual assault victim, who died after the return of the indictment but before trial, would not violate the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause. We granted review of this issue because of the significant impact the United States Supreme Court's analysis...

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