108 So. 3d 402 - Beecham v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Although the Crawford court expressly refrained from attempting a comprehensive definition of “testimonial,” it did provide the following analysis: Not all hearsay implicates the Sixth Amendment’s core concerns. The text of the Confrontation Clause applies to “witnesses” against the accused — in other words, those who “bear testimony.” “Testimony,” in turn, is typically “a solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.” An accuser who makes a formal statement to government officers bears testimony in a sense that a person who makes a casual remark to an acquaintance does not.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Polk v. State