Wilmington Sav. Fund Socy., FSB v. Marte

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the right of cross-examination is included in the right of an accused in a criminal case to confront the witnesses against him
• referring to denial of cross-examination as \constitutional error of the first magnitude\
• referring to denial of cross‐examination as “constitutional error of the first magnitude”
• defense counsel not allowed to ask witness for name and address even though witness admitted that the name he first gave was false
• questions tending to endanger personal safety of a witness go beyond proper bounds of cross-examination
• Sixth Amendment requires that name and address of principal prosecution witness be revealed so that defendant can conduct effective cross-examination

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