Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1998
Abstract
The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the accused in a criminal prosecution the right "to be confronted with the Witnesses against him."' The Confrontation Clause clearly applies to those witnesses who testify against the accused at trial. Moreover, it is clear enough that confrontation ordinarily includes the accused's right to have those witnesses brought "face-toface," in the time-honored phrase, when they testify.2 But confrontation is much more than this "face-to-face" right. It also comprehends the right to have witnesses give their testimony under oath and to subject them to crossexamination. 3 Indeed, the Supreme Court has treated the accused's right to be brought "face-to-face" with the witness as secondary to his right of crossexamination.4
Recommended Citation
Friedman, Richard D. "Confrontation: The Search for Basic Principles." Geo. L. J. 86, no. 4 (1998): 1011-43.
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