Crawford V Washington

Opinion announcement march 08 2004.

Crawford v washington.

2d 424 54 p 3d 656 reversed and remanded. Washington supreme court of the united states. Opinion of the court scalia concurring opinion rehnquist petitioner michael d. Statement of the facts.

Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. November 10 2003 decided. Html version pdf version. W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts.

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. Certiorari to the supreme court of washington. Argued november 10 2003 decided march 8 2004. Decided by rehnquist court.

The court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence. Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi. 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 02 9410 541 u s.

Crawford was charged with attempted murder and assault of a man who he alleged tried to rape his wife. English authorities and early state cases indicate that this was the common law at the time of the founding. 36 2004 147 wash. Lower court washington supreme court.

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. The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing. Washington case brief rule of law. Oral argument november 10 2003.

2d 177 2004 brief fact summary. Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. 36 2004 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee.