State v. Tomkins
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of domestic abuse assault causing bodily injury. The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the court of appeals and affirmed, holding (1) trial counsel was not ineffective in failing to object on Confrontation Clause grounds to the testimony of a law enforcement officer regarding the complaining witness’s out-of-court statements; and (2) the record was insufficient to determine whether trial counsel should have objected to and move to strike as hearsay the officer’s unsolicited testimony regarding another witness’s out-of-court statement.
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