Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-23 17:22:25.80943+00
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KEASLER, J.,
dissenting.
I dissent to the majority’s resolution of points of error 16 and 16A.
The exhibits at issue in these points of error are business records. The Supreme Court specified in Crawford v. Washington that business records are not testimonial hearsay.1 Many other courts have acknowledged this.2 As a result, Ohio v. Roberts3 controls.4 And because these exhibits fall within a firmly rooted exception *888to the hearsay rule, they do not violate the Confrontation Clause.

. 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 1367, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004).

. See, e.g., Rios v. Lansing, 116 Fed.Appx. 983 (10th Cir.2004); United States v. Guitierrez-Gonzales, 2004 U.S.App. LEXIS 21038 *5-6 (5th Cir.2004); United States v. Lee, 374 F.3d 637, 644 (8th Cir.2004); Johnson v. Renico, 314 F.Supp.2d 700, 707 (E.D.Mich.2004); United States v. Saner, 313 F.Supp.2d 896, 900 n. 1 (S.D.Ind.2004); Perkins v. State, 897 So.2d 457, 464 (Ala.Crim.App.2004); People v. Cervantes, 12 Cal.Rptr.3d 774, 118 Cal.App.4th 162, 12 Cal.Rptr.3d 774, 782 n. 5 (2004); People v. Schrek, 2004 Colo.App. LEXIS 1712 *34 (Colo.App.2004); State v. Rivera, 268 Conn. 351, 844 A.2d 191, 202 n. 13 (2004); People v. Capellan, 6 Misc.3d 809, 791 N.Y.S.2d 315 (N.Y.Crim.Ct.2004); People v. Cortes, 4 Misc.3d 575, 781 N.Y.S.2d 401, 403 (N.Y.2004); State v. Blackstock, 165 N.C.App. 50, 598 S.E.2d 412, 420 (2004); State v. McKinney, 2004 Ohio App. LEXIS 5033 *34 (Ohio App.2004); State v. Mack, 2004 Ore. LEXIS 792 *9 n. 5 (Ore.2004); Commonwealth v. Eichele, - A.3d -, 2004 WL 2002212, 2004 Pa. D. & C. LEXIS 39 *11 (Pa.Commw.Ct.2004); Barela v. State, 2004 WL 2192604 at *7, 2004 Tex.App. LEXIS 8802 *17 (Tex.App.-El Paso 2004); Riner v. Commonwealth, 268 Va. 296, 601 S.E.2d 555, 570 (2004); State v. Manuel, 275 Wis.2d 146, 685 N.W.2d 525, 532 n. 9 (App.2004).

. 448 U.S. 56, 100 S.Ct. 2531, 65 L.Ed.2d 597 (1980).

. Crawford, 124 S.Ct. at 1373.