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STATE v. BRANCH

865 A.2d 673 (2005)

182 N.J. 338

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Alexander BRANCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 1, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Smith, Jr., Hammonton, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney; M. Virginia Barta, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

Joie Piderit, argued the cause for respondent (Peter C. Harvey, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The right of a party to confront witnesses in court is one of the principal values protected by the hearsay rule. The rule generally shields a party from damning out-of-court statements, which are offered for their truth but are not subject to the truth-testing rigors of cross-examination. Our evidentiary rules and case law recognize many exceptions to the hearsay rule that promote both the efficiency and the fact...

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