State v. Lebrick

Summary

The court held that admitting Parks’ former testimony violated the defendant’s confrontation right because the state did not make a sufficiently reasonable, diligent, and good faith effort to secure her attendance at trial. It also held that the ballistic expert’s testimony did not violate confrontation principles because the underlying materials were not admitted for their truth and the expert offered his own independent conclusions. The judgment was reversed and the case was remanded for a new trial.