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Delaware Vs. Van Arsdall

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 07, 1986

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  1. Davis Vs. Alaska US Supreme Court · Feb 27, 1974
  2. Delaware Vs. Fensterer US Supreme Court · Nov 04, 1985
  3. Harrington Vs. California US Supreme Court · Jun 02, 1969
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  4. Caldwell Vs. Mississippi US Supreme Court · Jun 11, 1985
  5. Pointer Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Apr 05, 1965
  6. Greene Vs. Mcelroy US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1959
  7. United States Vs. Nobles US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1975
  8. Brookhart Vs. Janis US Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1966
  9. Delaware v. Van
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  10. Arsdall - 475 U.S. 673 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court Delaware v. Van
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  11. Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673 (1986) Delaware v. Van
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  12. respondent's rights under the Confrontation Clause, such ruling is subject to harmless error analysis under Chapman v. California
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  13. A.2d at 6 (quoting Davis v. Alaska
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  14. The right of confrontation, which is secured for defendants in state as well as federal criminal proceedings, Pointer v. Texas
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  15. Davis, supra, at 415 U. S. 316 -317 (citing Greene v. McElroy
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  16. claims, by their nature, require a showing of prejudice with respect to the trial as a whole, see, e.g., Strickland v. Washington
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  17. the Chapman harmless error standard, which we have applied in other Confrontation Clause cases, e.g., Harrington v. California
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  18. one occasion, the Constitution entitles a criminal defendant to a fair trial, not a perfect one. E.g., United States v. Hasting
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  19. Bruton v. United
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  20. say, on the whole record, that the constitutional error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. E.g., United States v. Hasting
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  21. Moore v. Illinois
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  22. purpose of a criminal trial is to decide the factual question of the defendant's guilt or innocence, United States v. Nobles
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  23. case. Page 475 U. S. 682 Chapman, supra, at 386 U. S. 23 , n. 8 (citing, inter alia, Gideon v. Wainwright
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  24. U. S. 335 (1963), and Tumey v. Ohio
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  25. here is obviously quite different, however, as this Court's post- Chapman decisions demonstrate. In Harrington v. California
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  26. the claim that the admission into evidence of a statement made by a nontestifying codefendant, in violation of Bruton v. United
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  27. Harrington, which we have expressly reaffirmed on more than one occasion, see, e.g., Schneble v. Florida
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  28. Brown v. United
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  29. to blunt the force of Harrington in essentially two ways. First, he suggests that this Court's decision in Davis v. Alaska
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  30. constitutional error of the first magnitude, and no amount of showing of want of prejudice would cure it.' Brookhart v. Janis
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  31. U. S. 1 , Page 475 U. S. 683 384 U. S. 3 . 415 U.S. at 415 U. S. 318 (quoting Smith v. Illinois
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  32. which, like Davis, involved the exclusion of evidence, is analytically distinct from that in Harrington v. California
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  33. U. S. 320 , 472 U. S. 327 (1985) (quoting Michigan v. Long
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  34. that it rests on state grounds. Michigan v. Long
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  35. analysis makes it unnecessary to strain, as does the majority, to reconcile the apparent per se rule of Davis v. Alaska
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  36. U. S. 308 (1974), with the harmless error analysis employed in Harrington v. California
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  37. U. S. 250 (1969), and Schneble v. Florida
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  38. require state courts to apply harmless error analysis to violations of the Federal Constitution. See Connecticut v. Johnson
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  39. that federal law governs the application of harmless error to violations of the Federal Constitution, see Chapman v. California
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  40. In so holding, the Court Page 475 U. S. 690 continues down the path it marked in Michigan v. Long
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  41. Despite the directness of the route chosen, today's destination was not foreordained. Unlike Michigan v. Long
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  42. exercise only the authority conferred on them by Art. III and by congressional enactments pursuant thereto. See Bender v. Williamsport
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  43. King Bridge Co. v. Otoe
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  44. County, 120 U. S. 225 , 120 U. S. 226 (1887). Accord, Thomas v. Board
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  45. Minnesota v. Northern
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  46. Ashwander v. TVA
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  47. has remained faithful to these basic tenets when it is reviewing cases that arise in the federal system. See Bender v. Williamsport
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  48. Regents of University of Michigan v. Ewing
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court Delaware v. Van
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  50. Strickland v. Washington
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