Confrontation clause

Case	Docket Number	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Authoring Justice	Topics
Crawford, Michael v. Washington	02-9410	11/10/2003		Washington Supreme Court (54 P.3d 656)				6th Amendment Confrontation clause accomplice testimony
Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts	07-591	11/10/2008	06/25/2009	Appeals Court of Massachusetts		5-4	Antonin Scalia	Forensic evidence Confrontation clause
Giles v. California	07-6053	04/22/2008	06/25/2008	California Supreme Court		6-3	Antonin Scalia	witnesses Sixth Amendment forfeiture evidence Confrontation clause
Danforth v. Minnesota	06-8273	10/31/2007	02/20/2008	Minnesota Supreme Court		7-2	John Paul Stevens	retroactivity Federalism Confrontation clause evidence constitutional criminal procedure Teague v. Lane testimony Sixth Amendment videotaped testimony
Holmes, Bobby v. South Carolina (05/01/2006)	04-1327	02/22/2006	05/01/2006	South Carolina Supreme Court (Nov. 1, 2004)	Affirmed	9-0	Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	Capital case Confrontation clause evidence
Briscoe v. Virginia	07-11191	01/11/2010	01/25/2010	Supreme Court of Virginia	In a per curiam opinion, the justices vacated and remanded the lower court's decision.	Per curiam		Sixth Amendment Confrontation clause

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