State v. Ratner

This non-final appeal has been remanded by the Florida Supreme Court. State v. Ratner, 948 So.2d 700 (Fla.2007). The issue presented involves the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment as interpreted by Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004).

This case arises out of a domestic violence incident in which the wife refused to testify and involves her statement to a police officer. Immediately after an alleged battery, the wife got in her car and drove to a nearby police station, which was only minutes away. The testimony of the officer, which the state…