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CHAVEZ v. STATE

No. 48847.

213 P.3d 476 (2009)

James CHAVEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy Bosler, Public Defender, and John Reese Petty, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Washoe County, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General, Carson City; Richard A. Gammick, District Attorney, and Joseph R. Plater, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

Before HARDESTY, C.J., PARRAGUIRRE, DOUGLAS, CHERRY, SAITTA, GIBBONS and PICKERING, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal, we consider whether the preliminary hearing testimony of an unavailable witness may be admitted into evidence at trial without violating the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause and Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004). We hold that it can. We conclude that this issue, along with the other issues that appellant James Chavez raises on appeal...

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