State v. Reed

¶1 — Statements to law enforcement officers do not implicate the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause where those statements are made under circumstances that, objectively viewed, indicate that the primary purpose of the encounter was to enable the police to meet an ongoing emergency. Here, Cleo Reed appeals from his conviction of assault in the second degree arising from an incident in which he strangled his girl friend, Nat Emily Ta. Reed contends that the admission of out-of-court statements uttered by Ta violated his federal right to confront the witnesses against him. However, because…