Crawford V Washington Rule

Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder.

Crawford v washington rule. Because it was pre recorded crawford could not cross examine the statement. Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi. 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. Washington the court radically revamped the.

36 2004 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today. Every bundle includes the complete text from each of the titles below. Syllabus opinion scalia concurrence rehnquist html version pdf version. The jury convicted crawford for assault.

November 10 2003 decided. 2d 424 54 p 3d 656 reversed and remanded. The court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence. Certiorari to the supreme court of washington.

Hundreds of law school topic related videos from. During crawford s trial prosecutors played for the jury his wife s tape recorded statement to the police describing the stabbing. Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. Washington supreme court of the united states.

Argued november 10 2003 decided march 8 2004. 36 2004 147 wash. Statement of the facts. The statement contradicted crawford s argument that he stabbed the man in defense of his wife.

Washington 02 9410 541 u s. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee. Html version pdf version. Testimonial statements cannot be used against a defendant who is not given the opportunity to confront the.

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. To be confronted with the witnesses against him 1 this protection applies to the states by way of the fourteenth amendment 2 3in crawford v. Html version pdf version. The sixth amendment s confrontation clause provides that i n all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right.

The new crawford rule. W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts. Washington case brief rule of law.