State v. Lester

Summary

The court held that truly machine-generated raw data are neither hearsay nor testimonial under the Confrontation Clause, but electronic evidence must first be classified to determine whether it contains human assertions or interpretations. It reversed the Court of Appeals because that court treated all electronically stored evidence alike and focused improperly on when the records were produced to police rather than when they were created. The court remanded for the Court of Appeals to apply the proper analysis and address the defendant's remaining issues.