Pointer v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1965-04-05

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Mr. Justice Harlan, concurring in the result. I agree that in the circumstances the admission of the statement in question deprived the petitioner of a right of “confrontation” assured by the Fourteenth Amendment. I cannot subscribe, however, to the constitutional reasoning of the Court. The Court holds that the right of confrontation guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment in federal criminal t…

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