Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1997
Abstract
You may know the standard illustration of chutzpa - the man who kills both his parents and then begs the sentencing court to have mercy on an orphan. In this article, I discuss a case of chutzpa that is nearly as outlandish - the criminal defendant who, having rendered his victim unavailable to testify, contends that evidence of the victim's statement should not be admitted against him because to do so would violate his right to confront her. I contend that in a case like this the defendant should be deemed to have forfeited the confrontation right. On the same grounds, if the jurisdiction applies a rule against hearsay, he should be deemed to have forfeited the right to invoke it against evidence of the statement.
Recommended Citation
Friedman, Richard D. "Confrontation and the Definition of Chutzpa." Israel L. Rev. 31, no. 1/2/3 (1997): 506-35.