Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2009-06-25

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Justice Thomas, concurring. I write separately to note that I continue to adhere to my position that “the Confrontation Clause is implicated by extrajudicial statements only insofar as they are contained in formalized testimonial materials, such as affidavits, depositions, prior testimony, or confessions.” White v. Illinois, <span class="citat…

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