A Powerless Plurality: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. v. James Correctly Determined that the Plurality Opinion in Williams v. Illinois Lacks Precedential Value
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Authors
Varon, Jennifer R.
Issue Date
2013
Volume
47
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1
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution gives criminal defendants the right to confront the witnesses against them. In recent years, the Confrontation Clause has become crucial in determining the admissibility of the state's expert materials and testimony at criminal trials. Case law on the Confrontation Clause attempts to describe when the creators of expert materials must personally testify at trial in order for the materials themselves to be admissible. Yet as it currently stands, the body of law on the Confrontation Clause can be described as confused, at best, as courts have struggled to determine how and whether to apply the Supreme Court's decision in Williams v. Illinois, the Court's most recent decision on issue.
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47 Creighton L. Rev. 193(2013-2014)
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Creighton University School of Law