Confrontation Clause - Exceptions To The Right of Confrontation

Exceptions To The Right of Confrontation

In Crawford, the Supreme Court noted that two exceptions to the common law right of confrontation were acknowledged at the time the constitution was written: forfeiture by wrongdoing and dying declarations. Only the former has been explicitly adopted by the Court.

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