Legal Opinion
Chavez v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided July 30, 2009No. 48847PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
In this appeal, we consider whether the preliminary hearing testimony of an unavailable witness may be admitted into evidence at trial without violating the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause and Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004). We hold that it can. We conclude that this issue, along with the other issues that appellant James Chavez raises on appeal, does not warrant reversal of Chavez’s conviction and sentence. Therefore, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Chavez and Korby Block married in 1993 and together had four children, including their eldest, D.C. Although the…
3Cases cited39 opinions
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- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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