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Procuring The Right To An Unfair Trial: Federal Rule Of Evidence 804(B)(6) And The Due Process Implications Of The Rule's Failure To Require Standards Of Reliability For Admissible Evidence, Kelly Rutan
American University Law Review
This Comment argues that though the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing allows a court to forfeit both a defendant’s right to object to the admission of hearsay statements and the right of confrontation, the current state of the law requires all out-of-court statements admitted under Rule 804(b)(6) to possess some level of reliability in order to satisfy due process. Part I of this Comment discusses the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing, the courts’ treatment of this principle prior to 1997, and its codification into the Federal Rules of Evidence. Part II looks at Confrontation Clause issues unique to hearsay exceptions …
The Sixth Amendment On Ice-United States V. Jones: Whether Sentence Enhancements For Failure To Plead Guilty Chill The Exercise Of The Right To Trial, Andrew Neal Siegel
The Sixth Amendment On Ice-United States V. Jones: Whether Sentence Enhancements For Failure To Plead Guilty Chill The Exercise Of The Right To Trial, Andrew Neal Siegel
American University Law Review
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