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Will the court recognize New York’s “door opening” rule as an exception to...
The Supreme Court will hear argument on Tuesday in an important case on the rights of criminal defendants under the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause. Specifically, the court will determine in...
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Justices probe both sides in clash between confrontation clause and...
Tuesday’s oral argument in Hemphill v. New York made apparent that a New York evidentiary rule, known as the “door opening” rule, implicates the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause. But by the end...
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Court rejects “door opening” as a Sixth Amendment confrontation-clause exception
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a criminal defendant who said his Sixth Amendment rights were violated at a trial during which he was convicted of fatally shooting a two-year-old boy. Justice...
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Justices affirm Crawford’s application of Sixth Amendment confrontation...
Thursday’s decision in Hemphill v. New York affirmed the requirement for cross-examination of testimonial statements offered at trial and stiff-armed a state-law exception to the rule. A jury convicted...
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