People v. DeJesus

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barbara F. Newman, J.), rendered May 2, 2013, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 20 years, unanimously reversed, on the law, and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

Defendant’s right of confrontation was violated by testimonial hearsay evidence that went beyond the permissible scope of explanatory background material. Over timely and specific objection on Confrontation Clause grounds, the detective…