Crawford V Washington

Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder.

Crawford v washington.

English authorities and early state cases indicate that this was the common law at the time of the founding. Lower court washington supreme court. Washington case brief rule of law. 36 2004 147 wash.

Statement of the facts. Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi. 2d 177 2004 brief fact summary.

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. The court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence. 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.

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 supreme court of the united states. 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. The petitioner crawford the petitioner brought this action after he was convicted of stabbing a man who tried to rape his wife when the prosecution was allowed to present her recorded statement against him.

Html version pdf version. Oral argument november 10 2003. Html version pdf version. W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts.

Opinion announcement march 08 2004. 36 2004 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today. Opinion of the court scalia concurring opinion rehnquist petitioner michael d. The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing.

November 10 2003 decided. Decided by rehnquist court. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee. Argued november 10 2003 decided march 8 2004.