The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether old cases are affected by a 2-year-old ruling reiterating that the Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to confront his accusers. At the time it decided Crawford v. Washington , a major criminal law case, the high court did not say if its ruling was retroactive. Multiple inmates have brought appeals claiming that, like Michael Crawford, their Sixth Amendment constitutional rights were violated.
May 16, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether old cases are affected by a 2-year-old ruling reiterating that the Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to confront his accusers.
At the time it decided Crawford v. Washington, a major criminal law case, the high court did not say if its ruling was retroactive.
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