Summers v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

We primarily consider in this appeal whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Crawford v. Washington1 apply to evidence admitted during a capital penalty hearing. We conclude that they do not apply. We conclude that this issue, along with the others appellant Charles Summers raises on appeal, does not warrant reversal of his conviction and sentence. Therefore, we affirm.

FACTS

Guilt phase

Summers was an illegal drug dealer. Sometime in 2003, he entered into an…