State v. Jacques

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s murder conviction after holding that he was not entitled to a second probable cause hearing following reversal of his first conviction, because the reversal did not dismiss the charges or invalidate the earlier probable cause determination. It also held that admitting a former cellmate’s written statement did not violate confrontation rights or constitute an abuse of discretion, and that the trial court reasonably found a jailhouse informant’s testimony reliable at the statutory threshold stage.