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BOONE PROSECUTOR CAUSES MISTRIAL BY HEARSAY IN OPENING STATEMENT IN DEATH PENALTY CASE. CRAWFORD V. WASHINGTON CONFRONTATION RULE VIOLATED.

By Stan

  Assistant Boone Commonwealth Attorney Jason Hiltz made a major error in his opening statement in a death penalty case being tried in the Boone Circuit Court.   Hiltz told the jury that the defendant’s son, who has since died, told acquaintances that his father forced him to participate in the dismemberment of the deceased victim.   Boone Circuit Judge [...]

Full post as published by LawReader on April 20, 2010 (boomark / email).