People v. Moreno

The People sought review of the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the defendant's convictions for sexual assault on a child. At trial, the district court admitted a videotaped interview with one of the child victims, in lieu of her live testimony. The court of appeals held that the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause, as subsequently construed by the United States Supreme Court in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004), barred admission of the out-of-court interview, and the error was not harmless. It also rejected the People's claim that by…