State v. Hallum

TERNUS, Justice.

Defendant, Matthew Hallum, appealed his criminal convictions claiming error in the admission of his accomplice’s videotaped, narrative statement. When his appeal was first before this court, we affirmed, concluding that the admission of the statement violated neither the ban on hearsay evidence nor the defendant’s rights under the Confrontation Clause. State v. Hallum, 585 N.W.2d 249, 252 (Iowa 1998). Our decision was subsequently vacated by the United States Supreme Court, and the case was remanded to us for further consideration in light of Lilly v. Virginia, 527 U.S. 116,…