State v. Coder

This appeal focuses on the tension between evidence admitted under an exception to the hearsay rule and the Confrontation Clause 1 concerns initially highlighted in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004), as explained and amplified in Davis v. Washington, 547 U.S. 813, 126 S.Ct. 2266, 165 L.Ed.2d 224 (2006), and as interpreted and applied in State v. Chun, 194 N.J. 54, 943 A.2d 114, cert. denied, — U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 158, 172 L.Ed.2d 41 (2008), State v. Buda, 195 N.J. 278, 949 A.2d 761 (2008), and State in the Interest of J.A., 195 N.J. 324, 949 A.2d 790…