State v. Vallo

In State v. Vallo, 47,995 (La.App.2d Cir.5/29/13), 117 So.3d 268, this court reversed the conviction of the defendant, Joshua Vallo, for aggravated incest. This court found that the admission into evidence of the young victim’s videotaped statement violated the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right of confrontation where the victim would not answer questions about the offense on the stand and where the state failed to comply with the strict statutory requirements for establishing the video as competent evidence and for its admissibility at trial.

Our ruling was reversed by the supreme court in a…