Russell Kirby, whose conviction was overturned [prior coverage] in October under Crawford, will be re-tried this year according to state prosecutors.

In October, the state’s highest court ordered a new trial for Kirby,
ruling that the statements Buck made to police, in which she identified
Kirby as her abductor, were made after she was back in the safety of
her home and should not have been admitted as evidence at Kirby’s
trial.

I don’t remember much more about the trial, but I wonder what sort of the evidence the state has other than those statements. Buck’s [the victim] husband refused to testify at Kirby’s trial, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

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