Crawford V Washington Case Brief

The jury convicted crawford for assault.

Crawford v washington case brief.

The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee. 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. 2d 424 54 p 3d 656 reversed and remanded.

Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. Crawford s statement had been improperly admitted. Crawford was charged with attempted murder and assault of a man who he alleged tried to rape his wife. Statement of the facts.

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. Hundreds of law school topic related videos from. O the washington supreme court reinstated the conviction.

Html version pdf version. Html version pdf version. 36 2004 147 wash. O the trial court admitted her statement.

W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts. I dissent from the court s decision to. The court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence. November 10 2003 decided.

Washington 02 9410 541 u s. O the appellate court overturned on the grounds that mrs. Syllabus opinion scalia concurrence rehnquist html version pdf version. Because it was pre recorded crawford could not cross examine the statement.

The statement contradicted crawford s argument that he stabbed the man in defense of his wife. 2004 supreme court of the united states no. Testimonial statements cannot be used against a defendant who is not given the opportunity to confront the. During crawford s trial prosecutors played for the jury his wife s tape recorded statement to the police describing the stabbing.

Every bundle includes the complete text from each of the titles below. 36 2004 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today. Washington case brief rule of law. 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.