Crawford V Washington

Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder.

Crawford v washington.

Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. Lower court washington supreme court. 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. Html version pdf version. Argued november 10 2003 decided march 8 2004. Html version pdf version.

2d 177 2004 brief fact summary. The court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence. 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.

Washington supreme court of the united states. The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing. 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. Statement of the facts.

November 10 2003 decided. Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi. Opinion of the court scalia concurring opinion rehnquist petitioner michael d. 36 2004 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today.

2d 424 54 p 3d 656 reversed and remanded. Washington case brief rule of law. Syllabus opinion scalia concurrence rehnquist html version pdf version. Oral argument november 10 2003.

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. Certiorari to the supreme court of washington. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee.