36 2004 147 wash.
Crawford v washington case brief.
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.
The washington supreme court felt that the statement was reliable.
O the appellate court overturned on the grounds that mrs.
Washington case brief rule of law.
The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing.
Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder.
Testimonial statements cannot be used against a defendant who is not given the opportunity to confront the.
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The jury convicted crawford for assault.
2d 424 54 p 3d 656 reversed and remanded.
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Defendant was convicted in state court of assault.
The statement contradicted crawford s argument that he stabbed the man in defense of his wife.
O the washington supreme court reinstated the conviction.
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 court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence.
Crawford s statement had been improperly admitted.
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November 10 2003 decided.
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Washington case brief rule of law.
Because it was pre recorded crawford could not cross examine the statement.
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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.
Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi.
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During crawford s trial prosecutors played for the jury his wife s tape recorded statement to the police describing the stabbing.
O the trial court admitted her statement.
