Francis E. Lachappelle v. John Moran, Director, Department of Corrections

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• holding that the confrontation right does not apply at an in camera conference to determine the reason a witness refuses to answer a question because such a judicial proceeding “is not a stage of the trial at which an accused must be present”
• holding that the confrontation right does not apply at an in camera conference to determine the reason a witness refuses to answer a question because such a judicial proceeding “is not a stage of the trial at which an accused must be present”
• judge’s ex parte suggestion of certain word to witness not prejudicial where witness chose own words in testimony
• \A central principle derived from the confrontation clause [of the Sixth Amendment] is the defendant's right to participate in his own defense.\

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