[¶ 1] Shawn A. Woodbury appeals from a judgment of conviction following a jury trial entered by the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Anderson, J.) on one count of operating after habitual offender revocation (Class D), 29-A M.R.S. § 2557-A(2)(A) (2010). Woodbury argues that his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses was violated when the court admitted the portion of a Secretary of State’s certificate that stated that Woodbury’s “right to operate was revoked” at the time he was stopped for operating a vehicle “because the statutory conditions for restoration had not been satisfied.” We affirm the judgment.
[¶ 2] “Only testimonial statements are subject to exclusion by the Confrontation Clause,” and the “trial court’s legal conclusion that the statements in the certificate were nontestimonial, and thus admissible, is reviewed de novo.” State v. Ducasse,
[¶ 3] Contrary to Woodbury’s contention and consistent with our recent jurisprudence, the challenged language, essentially stating that Woodbury’s license was revoked according to Secretary of State records on the relevant date, does not violate the Confrontation Clause or the United States Supreme Court’s decisions in Crawford v. Washington,
The entry is:
Judgment affirmed.
