Excited Utterances, "Testimonial" Statements, and the Confrontation Clause
Description:
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument this term in appeals from two state supreme court cases, Hammon v. Indiana and Davis v. Washington, concerning the admissibility of “excited utterance” statements made by non-testifying witnesses at criminal trials. In the landmark Crawford v. Washington case in 2004, the Court held that the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause forbids hearsay “testimonial” evidence from being introduced against the accused unless the witness is unavaila…
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Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
Yeh, Brian T.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department