People v. Jones

Opinion

HANING, J.

After trial by jury, defendant Ed Jones was convicted of one count of murder in the second degree. (Pen. Code, § 187.) On appeal, defendant asserts the trial court committed reversible error in allowing testimony concerning a statement made by the victim, John McKinney, Jr., to an attending physician. Defendant contends the victim’s statement constituted inadmissible hearsay and that testimony at trial concerning that statement violated his rights under the confrontation clauses of both the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 15, of the…