Court Opinion

ID: 9638886
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Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:57:27.449926+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:37:21.276268
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*467NIGRO, Justice,
concurring.
I join the majority opinion, but write separately to address Appellant’s claim that Ms. Enriquez’s testimony regarding statements made by Ms. Emmil were inadmissible hearsay.
During the prosecutor’s examination of Ms. Enriquez, he asked her what Ms. Emmil had said to her on the evening of the killing. Ms. Enriquez responded: “She [Ms. Emmil] said she seen [Appellant] go in his pocket and do something with the knife and clean it off and throw it over the fence.” N.T. 1/18/84 p. 74. I agree with the majority’s holding in footnote 8 that Ms. Enriquez’s response did not violate the Confrontation Clause since Ms. Emmil testified and was cross-examined by Appellant at his trial. Likewise, since Ms. Emmil testified at trial, I would suggest that Ms. Enriquez’s testimony as to Ms. Emmil’s out of court statement was properly admitted into evidence, regardless of whether it meets an exception to the hearsay rule.