People v. Roberts

Opinion

DUFFY, J.

We address in this case whether the evidence was sufficient for the court to find that a prior felony conviction of second degree assault from *1112the State of Washington constituted a strike for purposes of imposing an enhanced punishment under the “Three Strikes” law. This question requires us in turn to determine the admissibility of (1) the transcript of the Washington prosecutor’s recitation of the alleged facts underlying the crime, which was received under the adoptive admission exception to the hearsay rule, and (2) the transcripts of the unsworn statements of others made…