People v. H.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Michael R. Juviler, J.

This opinion is filed in further explanation of my ruling on March 2, 1982, during a jury trial, admitting in evidence, as declarations against interest, statements made by a person who was not a witness at the trial, which incriminated the defendant. Also at issue was the question whether allowing the statements in evidence violated the defendant’s right of confrontation under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Although the defendant was acquitted, the newness of the latter issue (there is no reported decision on it by a…