People v. Tennant

How courts have described this case

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

• discounting defendant’s argument that “the differences between the purposes of a preliminary hearing and those of a trial *** preclude admitting testimony given at a preliminary hearing” and affirming admission of preliminary hearing testimony
• “ ‘The main and essential purpose of confrontation is to secure for the opponent the opportunity of cross-examination.’ ” (emphasis in original
• the witness at the preliminary hearing “had been cross-examined by counsel for defendant without limitation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).