Gonsoir v. People

Petitioner, Ronald D. Gonsoir, seeks review of a decision of the Garfield County District Court affirming judgments of conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with excessive blood alcohol. 1 Gonsoir contends that both courts erred in approving the introduction of telephonic testimony of an adverse witness at his trial because such procedure violated his rights of confrontation, as guaranteed by the sixth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution and article 2, section 16, of the Colorado Constitution. 2 Having granted certiora-ri to address that…