Territory v. Curran

Citations

• 23 Haw. 421
• 1916 Haw. LEXIS 56

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law — sixth amendment — confrontation Toy witnesses in criminal cases.</p> <p>The constitutional right of confrontation is satisfied when the advantage of seeing the witness face to face and the opportunity to cross-examine him has once been accorded the accused.</p> <p>Criminal Law — evidence—testimony of absent witness.</p> <p>The absence from the jurisdiction of a witness for the prosecution, though only temporary, is a ground for the admission of his testimony given at a former trial of the case when the defendant has opposed a postponement of the case and insisted upon an immediate trial.</p>