People v. Hall
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*81OPINION OF THE COURT
Richter, J.
In this appeal from a first-degree murder conviction, defendant asserts that under Melendez-Diaz v Massachusetts (557 US, 129 S Ct 2527 [2009]), the admission of an unredacted autopsy report violated his rights under the Confrontation Clause. However, under People v Freycinet (11 NY3d 38 [2008]), which is binding upon us, the factual part of the autopsy report is nontestimonial and admissible, and, in this case, Melendez-Diaz does not mandate a contrary result.
At trial, Dr. Lara Goldfedder, a medical examiner with the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME),…
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