People v. Perez

SUMMARY

August 22, 2024

2024COA94

No. 22CA1805, People v. Perez — Constitutional Law — Sixth

Amendment — Confrontation Clause — Recorded Jailhouse

Phone Calls — Testimonial Statements

A division of the court of appeals considers, for the first time,

whether the admission of recorded jailhouse calls between the

defendant and his mother, who did not testify at trial, violated the

Confrontation Clause. The division holds that such statements are

not testimonial and, therefore, that no constitutional violation

occurred. The division further holds that no instructional error

occurred, that the court did not…