People v. Clay
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Skelos, J.E
The principal issues presented on this appeal are whether a statement uttered by a victim of a shooting shortly before his death, in response to an inquiry by a police officer regarding the identity of the shooter, constituted testimonial evidence, which is generally barred by the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and, if so, whether such evidence was admissible as a constitutionally permissible exception to the Confrontation Clause. We hold that, under the circumstances of this case, the victim’s words *16were…
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