W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts.
Crawford v washington case brief.
O the washington supreme court reinstated the conviction.
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Crawford s statement had been improperly admitted.
November 10 2003 decided.
The washington supreme court felt that the statement was reliable.
Testimonial statements cannot be used against a defendant who is not given the opportunity to confront the.
O the trial court admitted her statement.
The statement contradicted crawford s argument that he stabbed the man in defense of his wife.
36 2004 is a united states supreme court decision that reformulated the standard for determining when the admission of hearsay statements in criminal cases is permitted under the confrontation clause of the sixth amendment the court held that cross examination is required to admit prior testimonial statements of witnesses who have since become unavailable.
I dissent from the court s decision to.
Statement of the facts.
O the appellate court overturned on the grounds that mrs.
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On writ of certiorari to the supreme court of washington march 8 2004 chief justice rehnquist with whom justice o connor joins concurring in the judgment.
During crawford s trial prosecutors played for the jury his wife s tape recorded statement to the police describing the stabbing.
The court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence.
The jury convicted crawford for assault.
Defendant was convicted in state court of assault.
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Because it was pre recorded crawford could not cross examine the statement.
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Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi.
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2d 424 54 p 3d 656 reversed and remanded.
The state sought to introduce a recorded statement that petitioner s wife sylvia had made during police interrogation as evidence that the stabbing was not in self defense.
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Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder.
The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing.
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