People of Michigan v. Lantz Howard Washington

Summary

The Court held that the Confrontation Clause was violated because a trial witness's testimony clearly implied that an unavailable law-enforcement witness had made a testimonial statement that defendant possessed body armor. The Court further held that defendant's own statements were admissions rather than confessions and therefore were not subject to the corpus delicti rule. It remanded for reconsideration of whether the confrontation error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.