All Articles tagged Crawford v. Washington

• Justice Commentaries
  June 11, 2013 EDT
  TAKING CONFRONTATION SERIOUSLY: DOES CRAWFORD MEAN THAT CONFESSIONS MUST BE CROSS-EXAMINED?
  Mark A. Summers

  This article focuses on the applicability of the Supreme Court‘s decision in Crawford v. Washington to one subcategory of party admissions--defendants‘ confessions--taken by police officers in the course of interrogations.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  August 08, 2009 EDT
  THROWING STONES FROM WITHIN A GLASS HOUSE: WHY THE PROCEDURAL APPROACH TO CONFRONTATION FAILS TO REMEDY THE ILLS OF THE INDICIA OF RELIABILITY TEST, AND AN ARGUMENT FOR A BALANCED RULE
  Gordon Eddy

  This article argues that Crawford v. Washington's procedural approach threatens the public interest in effective enforcement of the criminal law without contributing to the discovery of truth.