The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy...
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Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution (redirect from Public trial clause)
amendment's Confrontation Clause gives criminal defendants the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses, while the Compulsory Process Clause gives criminal...
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Crawford v. Washington (category Confrontation Clause case law)
admission of hearsay statements in criminal cases is permitted under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. The Court held that prior testimonial statements...
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Hemphill v. New York (category Confrontation Clause case law)
by the United States Supreme Court involving the application of Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In its...
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Self-Incrimination Clause Takings Clause Grand Jury Clause Assistance of Counsel Clause Compulsory Process Clause Confrontation Clause Impartial Jury Clause Information...
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Maryland v. Craig (category Confrontation Clause case law)
involving the Sixth Amendment. The Court held that the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause, which provides criminal defendants with the right to confront witnesses...
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Samia v. United States (category Confrontation Clause case law)
635 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case related to the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Adam Samia...
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Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (category Confrontation Clause case law)
nevertheless accusatory for purposes of the Confrontation Clause. The Court noted that the Confrontation Clause creates two kinds of witnesses: those whom...
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Smith v. Arizona (category Confrontation Clause case law)
constitutional right to confront witnesses against him under the Confrontation Clause. The court affirmed his conviction. In a unanimous decision, Justice...
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(PDF) on 9 June 2010. White, Penny J. (Spring 2003). "Rescuing the Confrontation Clause" (PDF). South Carolina Law Review. 54 (3). Archived from the original...
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The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment is applicable to the protection of big data from government surveillance. The Confrontation Clause essentially...
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Sirois hearing (category Confrontation Clause case law)
A Sirois hearing is a legal hearing used when a prosecution witness either becomes unavailable to testify at trial or refuses to testify, and the prosecution...
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violated the Confrontation Clause because the co-defendant was non-testifying. Both convictions were overturned on the Confrontation Clause alone, and the...
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be able to have a face-of-face confrontation with the witnesses. Secondly, courts must interpret the Confrontation Clause to guarantee protection against...
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The Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...
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Bullcoming v. New Mexico (category Confrontation Clause case law)
New Mexico, 564 U.S. 647 (2011), is a significant 6th Amendment Confrontation Clause case decided by the United States Supreme Court. On June 23, 2011...
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Illinois v. Allen (category Confrontation Clause case law)
Confrontation Clause...
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Davis v. Washington (category Confrontation Clause case law)
for Confrontation Clause purposes. Two years prior to its publication, in Crawford v. Washington, the Supreme Court held that the Confrontation Clause bars...
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Kentucky v. Stincer (category Confrontation Clause case law)
case in which the Court held that the respondent's rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment were not violated by his exclusion from the...
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Ohio v. Roberts (category Confrontation Clause case law)
(1980), is a United States Supreme Court decision dealing with the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Herschel...
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Bruton v. United States (category Confrontation Clause case law)
Court held that a defendant was deprived of his rights under the Confrontation Clause if a confession by his codefendant was introduced in their joint...
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The Compulsory Process Clause within the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution lets criminal case defendants attain witnesses in their favor...
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Michigan v. Bryant (category Confrontation Clause case law)
purpose" test to determine whether statements are "testimonial" for Confrontation Clause purposes. In Bryant, the Court expanded upon the test first articulated...
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(2004) is unclear (Crawford was decided under the constitution's Confrontation Clause, not the common law). Opinions such as Giles v. California (2008)...
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Denham, a third party, relaying Schreiber's statements violated the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Schreiber...
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Frazier v. Cupp (category Confrontation Clause case law)
Confrontation Clause...
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The Vicinage Clause is a provision in the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution regulating the vicinity from which a jury pool may be selected...
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against interest exception to the hearsay rule is often limited by the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. A declaration against interest differs from...
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Giles v. California (category Confrontation Clause case law)
victim to the police was not testimonial and thus not barred by the confrontation clause. In his concurring opinion, Justice Alito questioned whether the...
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Reynolds v. United States (category Confrontation Clause case law)
Amendment's protection of religious liberties, impartial juries and the Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment. George Reynolds was a member of the Church...
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