The Supreme Court Confronts a Shrinking New York Court of Appeals | New York Law Journal

By Christopher Dunn

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In an 8-1 decision written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, liberal and conservative justices agreed that the Court of Appeals’ position that prosecutors were free to introduce hearsay evidence without an opportunity to cross-examine if the defense had created a “misleading impression” violated the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause.

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