Criminal Law
: Capital Defense WeeklyGiles & forfeiture by wrongdoing
By Karl R. Keys, Esq. (all)
Prof Richard Friedman reflects on the oral arguments in Giles, the SCOTUS’s latest examination of the Confrontation Clause & related post-Crawford issues like forfeiture by wrongdoing, here, here, here & here. The oral argument transcript is here.
Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on April 24, 2008 (boomark / email).

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