Suicide note not admissible 
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: June 24, 2010
Tags: Confrontation Clause, Crawford, testimonial
A suicide note implicating a defendant in a murder was testimonial and its admission violated the defendant’s Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights, the 6th Circuit has ruled.
Are dying victim’s statements to police testimonial?
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: Confrontation Clause, testimonial
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a shooting victim’s statements to police shortly before his death constituted inadmissible testimonial statements under the Sixth Amendment.
Statement to prison nurse admissible at trial
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: December 4, 2009
Tags: Confrontation Clause, Crawford, Sixth Amendment, testimonial
A victim’s statements to a prison nurse during medical treatment are not testimonial and may be introduced at trial to establish that the defendant committed an assault, the 5th Circuit has ruled in upholding a conviction.
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