STATE v. CODER

A-28 September Term 2008

968 A.2d 1175 (2009)

198 N.J. 451

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Terry W. CODER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Byrnes, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Patricia B. Quelch, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Luis A. Valentin, Monmouth County Prosecutor, attorney).

Johanna Barba Jones, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney).


Justice RIVERA-SOTO delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal focuses on the tension between evidence admitted under an exception to the hearsay rule and the Confrontation Clause1 concerns initially highlighted in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004), as explained and amplified in Davis v. Washington...

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