California Court of Appeal
People v. Lopez, D052885A
Defendant's vehicular manslaughter conviction is reversed where the admission into evidence of a blood alcohol laboratory report violated defendant's constitutional right to confrontation of witnesses by allowing testimonial hearsay evidence prohibited under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004).
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/01/2009
- Published 09/01/2009
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Court
- California Court of Appeal