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Evidence Keyed to Allen
Crawford v. Washington
Citation:
541 U.S. 36 (2004)Facts
On August 5, 1999, Kenneth Lee was stabbed at his apartment. Police arrested petitioner later that night. Petitioner confessed that he and Sylvia had gone in search of Lee because he was upset over an indictment in which Lee had tried to rape her. A fight ensued in which Lee was stabbed. The State charged petitioner with assault and attempted murder. At trial, he claimed self-defense. Sylvia did not testify because of the state marital privilege. Noting that Sylvia had admitted she led petitioner to Lee’s apartment and thus had facilitated the assault, the State invoked the hearsay exception for statements against penal interest. Petitioner countered that admitting the evidence would violate his federal constitutional right to be confronted with the witnesses against him.
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