State v. McNeil

Justice DURHAM,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

1 1 Petitioner Roland MeNeil was conviect-ed of assaulting his co-worker. Mr. MeNeil did not commit the actual assault-his son Quentin did-but Mr. MeNeil was charged as an accomplice because phone records showed that calls were made between his phone and his son's phone Just before and after the assault.

2 At trial, the State relied on the phone records to prove Mr. MecNeil's involvement. But the State did not introduce the phone records directly into evidence; instead, it sought to introduce preliminary hearing testimony about the records from a…