State v. Ricks

{¶ 1} In this case, we are asked to determine whether the testimonial, out-of-court statements of an alleged accomplice who is not testifying at a defendant’s trial may be admitted through the testimony of an investigating officer for the purpose of explaining the officer’s conduct during the course of an investigation. Under the particular facts of this case, we hold that the admission of the alleged accomplice’s statements through the testimony of an investigating officer violated the defendant’s right to confront the witnesses against him under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the…