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Coy Vs. Iowa

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 29, 1988

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  1. Dutton Vs. Evans US Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1970
  2. Davis Vs. Alaska US Supreme Court · Feb 27, 1974
  3. Pointer Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Apr 05, 1965
  4. Pennsylvania Vs. Ritchie US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1987
  5. Jay Vs. Boyd US Supreme Court · Jun 11, 1956
  6. U.S. 1012 (1988) U.S. Supreme Court Coy v. Iowa
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  7. U.S. 1012 (1988) Coy v. Iowa
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  8. Bourjaily v. United
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  9. not address the question whether the Confrontation Clause error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt under Chapman v. California
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  10. California v. Green
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  11. with the Confrontation Clause have involved either the admissibility of out-of-court statements, see, e.g., Ohio v. Roberts
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  12. U. S. 74 (1970), or restrictions on the scope of cross-examination, Delaware v. Van
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  13. U. S. 308 (1974). Cf. Delaware v. Fensterer
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  14. Clause guarantees the defendant a face-to-face meeting with witnesses appearing before the trier of fact. See Kentucky v. Stincer
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  15. U. S. 748 , 482 U. S. 749 -750 (1987) (MARSHALL, J., dissenting). For example, in Kirby v. United
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  16. Similarly, in Dowdell v. United
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  17. supra, at 399 U. S. 157 . Last Term, the plurality opinion in Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
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  18. Lee v. Illinois
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  19. Z. Chafee, The Blessings of Liberty 35 (1956), quoted in Jay v. Boyd
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  20. rights that are, or were asserted to be, reasonably implicit -- namely, the right to cross-examine, see Chambers v. Mississippi
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  21. the right to exclude out-of-court statements, see Ohio v. Roberts
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  22. asserted right to face-to-face confrontation at some point in the proceedings other than the trial itself, Kentucky v. Stincer
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  23. Whatever they may be, they would surely be allowed only when necessary to further an important public policy. Cf. Ohio v. Roberts
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  24. States, 483 U. S. 171 , 483 U. S. 183 (1987) (citing Dutton v. Evans
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  25. suggests that any Confrontation Clause error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt under the standard of Chapman v. California
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  26. other types of violations of the Confrontation Clause are subject to that harmless error analysis, see e.g., Delaware v. Van
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  27. a general requirement that a witness face the defendant. We have expressly said as much, as long ago as 1899, Kirby v. United
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  28. States, 174 U. S. 47 , 174 U. S. 55 (1899), and as recently as last Term, Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
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  29. so warrants. Ohio v. Roberts
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  30. U. S. 56 , 448 U. S. 63 -64 (1980) (emphasis added). See also Chambers v. Mississippi
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  31. and yet have fallen within an exception to the general requirement of face-to-face confrontation. See, e.g., Dutton v. Evans
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  32. U. S. 74 (1970). Indeed, we expressly recognized in Bourjaily v. United
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  33. Id. at 483 U. S. 182 (quoting Ohio v. Roberts
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  34. procedure was necessary to further an important public policy. See ante at 487 U. S. 1021 (citing Ohio v. Roberts
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  35. U. S. 730 , 482 U. S. 736 -737 (1987), quoting Mattox v. United
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  36. Ibid. See also Lee v. Illinois
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  37. for the witness to be able to see the defendant, ante at 487 U. S. 1024 , quoting Ohio v. Roberts
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  38. Even that characterization, however, was immediately explained in Green by the quotation from Mattox v. United
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  39. p. 150. See also Davis v. Alaska
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  40. U.S. Supreme Court Coy v. Iowa
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  41. Ohio v. Roberts
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  42. Delaware v. Van
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  43. Cf. Delaware v. Fensterer
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  44. See Kentucky v. Stincer
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  45. Kirby v. United
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  46. Dowdell v. United
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  47. Cf. Ohio v. Roberts
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  48. of Chapman v. California
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  49. Term, Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
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  50. Mattox v. United
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