The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument this term in appeals from two state supreme court cases, Hammon v. Indiana and Davis v. Washington, concerning the admissibility of “excited utterance” statements made by non-testifying witnesses at criminal trials. In the landmark Crawford v. Washington case in 2004, the Court held that the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause forbids hearsay “testimonial” evidence from being introduced against the accused unless the witness is unavailable to testify and the defendant has had a prior opportunity to crossexamine the witness. However, the Crawford Court declined to provide a comprehensive definition of “testimonial,” leaving such task “for another day.
In Davis v. Washington, the Supreme Court sought to clarify its Crawford v. Washington holding, whic...
Article published in the Michigan State University School of Law Student Scholarship Collection
Crawford v. Washington, has adopted a testimonial approach to the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth ...
This Article will analyze whether the post-Crawford decisions have been consistent in their treatmen...
This Article will analyze whether the post-Crawford decisions have been consistent in their treatmen...
Crawford v. Washington’s historical approach to the confrontation clause establishes that testimonia...
The 2004 United States Supreme Court decision in Crawford v. Washington reformulated the standard fo...
The definition that the Supreme Court ultimately gives to the concept of testimonial statements will...
The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that [i]n all cri...
The definition that the Supreme Court ultimately gives to the concept of testimonial statements will...
The Supreme Court recently returned to the Framers\u27 intent behind the Confrontation Clause and ov...
In Crawford v. Washington (2004), the United States Supreme Court radically altered Confrontation Cl...
In Crawford v. Washington (2004), the United States Supreme Court radically altered Confrontation Cl...
The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment gives a defendant in a criminal prosecution the righ...
Crawford v. Washington radically transformed the doctrine governing the Confrontation Clause of the ...
In Davis v. Washington, the Supreme Court sought to clarify its Crawford v. Washington holding, whic...
Article published in the Michigan State University School of Law Student Scholarship Collection
Crawford v. Washington, has adopted a testimonial approach to the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth ...
This Article will analyze whether the post-Crawford decisions have been consistent in their treatmen...
This Article will analyze whether the post-Crawford decisions have been consistent in their treatmen...
Crawford v. Washington’s historical approach to the confrontation clause establishes that testimonia...
The 2004 United States Supreme Court decision in Crawford v. Washington reformulated the standard fo...
The definition that the Supreme Court ultimately gives to the concept of testimonial statements will...
The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that [i]n all cri...
The definition that the Supreme Court ultimately gives to the concept of testimonial statements will...
The Supreme Court recently returned to the Framers\u27 intent behind the Confrontation Clause and ov...
In Crawford v. Washington (2004), the United States Supreme Court radically altered Confrontation Cl...
In Crawford v. Washington (2004), the United States Supreme Court radically altered Confrontation Cl...
The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment gives a defendant in a criminal prosecution the righ...
Crawford v. Washington radically transformed the doctrine governing the Confrontation Clause of the ...
In Davis v. Washington, the Supreme Court sought to clarify its Crawford v. Washington holding, whic...
Article published in the Michigan State University School of Law Student Scholarship Collection
Crawford v. Washington, has adopted a testimonial approach to the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth ...