People v. Ullrich

After considering the tack the majority takes in arriving to its conclusion and its ultimate holding, I must respectfully dissent. The majority begins by outlining Ullrich’s primary argument that the trial court’s consideration of unsworn police reports violated his right to due process of law. It then carefully catalogues an assortment of civil, criminal, and administrative cases that have denounced the practice of “trial by affidavit” where a party’s right to confrontation and cross-examination is impaired. After that in-depth analysis, however, the majority declines to answer Ullrich’s…