State v. Dudley

OLIVIERI, J.S.C.

The issue at bar is the admissibility of the out-of-court statements of an unavailable declarant when the statements do not fall within any of New Jersey’s recognized hearsay exceptions.

*634Defendant Anthony Dudley, charged with the April 26, 1992, shooting of Christopher Mathis, was indicted for attempted murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault and related weapons offenses. A co-defendant, Curtis Bellamy, pled guilty to a fourth degree weapons offense stemming from the same incident and, at a pre-trial interview, testified that Dudley had admitted to shooting the victim. The…