California Court of Appeal

Defendant's convictions for torture and corporal injury upon a cohabitant are reversed where the trial court improperly admitted statements that are testimonial, which violated the confrontation clause under the new rule in Crawford v. Washington 124 S.Ct. 1354 (2004).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/22/2004
• Published 10/25/2004

Judges

• GEMELLO, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Donald Thomas Bergerson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for defendant and appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Moona Nandi and Michele J. Swanson, Deputy Attorneys General, for plaintiff and respondent.