State v. Lebrick

Summary

This separate writing disagrees with the majority's conclusion that the state failed to make a diligent, reasonable, and good-faith effort to secure Keisha Parks's trial testimony. It would hold that Parks was unavailable and that admitting her prior probable-cause-hearing testimony did not violate the confrontation clause, because the state searched multiple databases, contacted available telephone numbers, and conducted repeated in-person searches at potential New York addresses. The writing would affirm the Appellate Court's judgment upholding the conviction.