State v. Sh aka

Appellant challenges his convictions of violating a domestic-abuse no-contact order (DANCO) under Minn. Stat. § 629.75, subd. 2(d)(1) (2016). Appellant argues that the district court committed "reversible error when it ... allow[ed] the State to present testimonial hearsay statements by a non-testifying witness under the forfeiture-by-wrongdoing exception to the confrontation clause," because the state failed to establish that appellant "caused, or acquiesced to another causing, the witness to be unavailable to testify." Appellant also raises several issues in his pro se supplemental brief.

We…