Crawford V Washington

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.

Crawford v washington.

36 2004 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee. Statement of the facts. Argued november 10 2003 decided march 8 2004.

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. The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing. Opinion of the court scalia concurring opinion rehnquist petitioner michael d.

Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. Opinion announcement march 08 2004. 2d 177 2004 brief fact summary. Washington case brief rule of law.

Decided by rehnquist court. Html version pdf version. Syllabus opinion scalia concurrence rehnquist html version pdf version. Washington supreme court of the united states.

Html version pdf version. November 10 2003 decided. Oral argument november 10 2003. Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder.

36 2004 147 wash. Washington 02 9410 541 u s. Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi. 2d 424 54 p 3d 656 reversed and remanded.

Certiorari to the supreme court of washington. English authorities and early state cases indicate that this was the common law at the time of the founding. W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts. 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.