State v. Johnson

The state appeals an order granting the defendant’s motion in limine and excluding a video recording of a drug transaction. We treat the appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari1 and grant the petition.

The defendant was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver or sell. The defendant filed a motion in li-mine seeking to exclude a video of the drug transaction involving the defendant and a confidential informant on the grounds that it was testimonial evidence inadmissible under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004). The trial court…