Crawford V Washington

2d 424 54 p 3d 656 reversed and remanded.

Crawford v washington.

Opinion announcement march 08 2004. Lower court washington supreme court. 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.

Syllabus opinion scalia concurrence rehnquist html version pdf version. Oral argument november 10 2003. Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi. Statement of the facts.

Opinion of the court scalia concurring opinion rehnquist petitioner michael d. 36 2004 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today. 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. Washington syllabus timonial statements of a witness who did not appear at trial unless he was unavailable to testify and the defendant had had a prior op portunity for cross examination.

Argued november 10 2003 decided march 8 2004. 2d 177 2004 brief fact summary. English authorities and early state cases indicate that this was the common law at the time of the founding. Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder.

Html version pdf version. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee. The court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence. Decided by rehnquist court.

Washington supreme court of the united states. Washington case brief rule of law. W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts. 36 2004 147 wash.

Certiorari to the supreme court of washington. 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 02 9410 541 u s. Html version pdf version.