STATE v. REED

No. 66745-9-I.

278 P.3d 203 (2012)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Cleo Palmer REED a.k.a. Cleo Reed Palmer, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Kummerow , Oliver Davis , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Andrea Vitalich , King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


DWYER, J.

¶ 1 Statements to law enforcement officers do not implicate the Sixth Amendment's confrontation clause where those statements are made under circumstances that, objectively viewed, indicate that the primary purpose of the encounter was to enable the police to meet an ongoing emergency. Here, Cleo Reed appeals from his conviction of assault in the second degree arising from an incident in which he strangled his girlfriend, Nat Emily Ta. Reed contends...

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