State v. Camarena

This is a criminal case involving the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and its application to statements made by the complainant during a 9-1-1 telephone call. In response to an emergency operator’s return call, the complainant indicated that she had just been assaulted by defendant, her live-in boyfriend. Defendant was found guilty of fourth-degree felony assault at a trial in which the complainant’s recorded statements from the 9-1-1 call were introduced into evidence. Defendant appealed his conviction to the Court of Appeals, arguing, in part,…