People v. Dungo12/12/12 SC

Summary

The court held that a forensic pathologist did not violate the defendant’s confrontation rights by testifying to objective observations about the victim’s body derived from another pathologist’s autopsy report and photographs. The observations were not sufficiently formal or solemn and were recorded for multiple purposes, not primarily for criminal investigation or prosecution. The court therefore reversed the Court of Appeal’s judgment and remanded for further proceedings.