Crawford V Washington Case Brief

Washington case brief rule of law.

Crawford v washington case brief.

The washington supreme court felt that the statement was reliable. The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing. O the trial court admitted her statement. 2004 supreme court of the united states no.

November 10 2003 decided. 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 jury convicted crawford for assault. The court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence.

The statement contradicted crawford s argument that he stabbed the man in defense of his wife. 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. Html version pdf version.

Every bundle includes the complete text from each of the titles below. Syllabus opinion scalia concurrence rehnquist html version pdf version. Washington 02 9410 541 u s. 36 2004 147 wash.

Crawford s statement had been improperly admitted. Html version pdf version. Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi. Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder.

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. 36 2004 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today. I dissent from the court s decision to. W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts.

O the appellate court overturned on the grounds that mrs. Testimonial statements cannot be used against a defendant who is not given the opportunity to confront the. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee. Because it was pre recorded crawford could not cross examine the statement.

Defendant was convicted in state court of assault. Washington case brief rule of law. During crawford s trial prosecutors played for the jury his wife s tape recorded statement to the police describing the stabbing. Statement of the facts.