· 12/6/1996
United States v. Kevin Jacobs, AKA Maurice Hawkins
Citations
- 97 F.3d 275
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Mere speculation [as to the state’s public policy interest in requiring the defendant to cross-examine a witness by telephone] is insufficient to justify abridgement of defendant’s constitutional right to confront his accuser face-to-face in the jury’s presence.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Beam, Murphy, Burns
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