Court Holds that Probable Cause Hearing Provides a Prior Opportunity to Cross Examine

Published for NC Criminal Law on November 07, 2011.

As blog readers well know, the new Crawford confrontation clause rule provides that absent an exception or a waiver of rights, testimonial hearsay statements of a declarant who does not testify at trial may not be admitted unless the witness is unavailable and there has been a prior opportunity for cross-examination. This is a tough ... Read more

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