Key legal question
Whether the complaint about the inability to confront witness F. violated the accused's right to examine witnesses.
Extracted holding
No violation occurred because the witness could not be located, the statements were not the sole or decisive evidence, and the accused could comment on them.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that exceptional reliance on an uncross-examined statement is permissible if confrontation is impossible, the accused can respond, the statement is carefully examined, and the conviction is supported by corroborating evidence.