6th Amendment Current Event

The current event I selected deals with the sixth amendment, specifically the Confrontation Clause. A man named by Antonio Vaughn was convicted of dealing cocaine and maintaining a common nuisance. The charges result in a 40 year sentence. During the trial, videos, photographs, and recorded phone calls, along with statements used during the calls, were used as evidence. However, Mr. Vaughn claimed that the evidence was "inadmissable and highly prejudicial hearsay", and violated his sixth amendment right. He also claimed that because the confidential witness did not take the stand, it also violated his sixth amendment right. However, the Court of Appeals rejected the statements, saying that the "Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment does not prohibit “the use of testimonial statements for purposes other than establishing the truth of the matter asserted.”

http://www.theindianalawyer.com/admission-of-video-and-recorded-statements-did-not-violate-sixth-amendment/PARAMS/article/34645