Coy v. Iowa

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1988-06-29

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*1014 Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. Appellant was convicted of two counts of lascivious acts with a child after a jury trial in which a screen placed between him and the two complaining witnesses blocked him from their sight. Appellant contends that this procedure, authorized by state statute, violated his Sixth Amendment right to…

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