Vincent Davis, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Court affirmed Vincent Davis's aggravated assault conviction, holding that the admission of Ms. Ford's out‑of‑court testimonial statements violated the Confrontation Clause but was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. It clarified that the Van Arsdall assumption applies only to exclusion errors, not to admission errors, and set out factors for assessing harmlessness of Crawford errors.