Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder.
Crawford v washington case brief.
The state sought to introduce a recorded statement that petitioner s wife sylvia had made during police interrogation as evidence that the stabbing was not in self defense.
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Petitioner stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape hi.
O the washington supreme court reinstated the conviction.
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Defendant was convicted in state court of assault.
W here testimonial statements are at issue the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation facts.
O the trial court admitted her statement.
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On writ of certiorari to the supreme court of washington march 8 2004 chief justice rehnquist with whom justice o connor joins concurring in the judgment.
Crawford was charged with attempted murder and assault of a man who he alleged tried to rape his wife.
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The washington supreme court felt that the statement was reliable.
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The prosecution tried to introduce a recorded statement by crawford s wife where she described the stabbing.
Crawford s statement had been improperly admitted.
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Because it was pre recorded crawford could not cross examine the statement.
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The court permitted the tape recorded statement into evidence.
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The jury convicted crawford for assault.
During crawford s trial prosecutors played for the jury his wife s tape recorded statement to the police describing the stabbing.
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Testimonial statements cannot be used against a defendant who is not given the opportunity to confront the.
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The statement contradicted crawford s argument that he stabbed the man in defense of his wife.
