MAXWELL, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. The hearsay exception for dying declarations is so firmly rooted in our common law that it was incorporated as a historical exception to the Sixth Amendment right to confront one's accuser. This long-recognized evidentiary exception's interplay with the Confrontation Clause is front and center in Brandon Grindle's appeal of his deliberate-design murder conviction. On appeal, Grindle challenges the trial judge's decision that the...
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