Cruzado v. People of Puerto Rico. Vargas-Rivera v. People of Puerto Rico

How courts have described this case

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• stipulation to evidence introduced at separate trial, including entire cross-examination and redirect examination of all witnesses
• “[WJhere an accused is represented by counsel, we do not see why counsel, in his presence and on his behalf, may not make an effective waiver of [the right of confrontation].”
• where a defendant is represented by counsel, counsel may waive defendant’s right to confrontation in defendant’s presence, if the defendant manifests no dissent to the waiver and where the stipulation is a matter of trial tactics
• “There is no doubt that the right of confrontation may be waived . . . [and] we do not see why counsel . . . may not make an effective waiver of this privilege.”
• \There is no doubt that the right of confrontation may be waived.\
• where a defendant is represented by counsel, counsel may waive defendant’s right to confrontation in defendant’s presence, if the defendant manifests no dissent to the waiver and where the stipulation is a matter of trial tactics

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).