Supreme Court· 6/23/1970

California v. Green

Citations

399 U.S. 149
90 S. Ct. 1930
26 L. Ed. 2d 489
1970 U.S. LEXIS 14

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that the admission of a victim’s preliminary hearing testimony did not violate the Confrontation Clause despite the victim’s extensive “lapse of memory”
finding that “hearsay rules and the Confrontation Clause are generally designed to protect similar values”
explaining that face-to-face confrontation “forms the core of the values furthered by the Confrontation Clause”
holding trial court’s admission of transcript of victim’s preliminary hearing testimony did not violate the Confrontation Clause despite the victim’s extensive “lapse of memory”
observing that not all admissions of hearsay statements abridge rights under the Confrontation Clause
holding prior statement subject to cross-examination when made does not violate Confrontation Clause

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Judges: White, Burger, Harlan, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun

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