U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 29, 2012
Williams: a strange end to what Crawford began
Last week's ruling in William leaves a messy picture for lawyers to sort out.
The Supreme Court's fractured decision last week in Williams v. Illinois is the latest in a series of cases in which the court has reinterpreted the Sixth Amendment's guarantee that a criminal defendant has the right "to be confronted with the witnesses against him." The re-interpretation began in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), which held the confrontation clause bars use of "testimonial" hearsay for the truth of the matter asserted against a criminal defendant...
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