Crawford V Washington Case Brief

Defendant was convicted in state court of assault.

Crawford v washington case brief.

36 2004 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today. Hundreds of law school topic related videos from. Washington 02 9410 541 u s. The jury convicted crawford for assault.

O the washington supreme court reinstated the conviction. Washington case brief rule of law. Statement of the facts. Html version pdf version.

O the trial court admitted her statement. Crawford s statement had been improperly admitted. Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi. Because it was pre recorded crawford could not cross examine the statement.

I dissent from the court s decision to. 2d 424 54 p 3d 656 reversed and remanded. O the appellate court overturned on the grounds that mrs. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee.

November 10 2003 decided. Washington case brief rule of law. W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts. Testimonial statements cannot be used against a defendant who is not given the opportunity to confront the.

Every bundle includes the complete text from each of the titles below. Syllabus opinion scalia concurrence rehnquist html version pdf version. 36 2004 147 wash. 2004 supreme court of the united states no.

Crawford was charged with attempted murder and assault of a man who he alleged tried to rape his wife. 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. During crawford s trial prosecutors played for the jury his wife s tape recorded statement to the police describing the stabbing. Html version pdf version.

The washington supreme court felt that the statement was reliable. Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing. 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.