MICHAEL D. CRAWFORD v. WASHINGTON (2004)

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MICHAEL D. CRAWFORD v. WASHINGTON
Term: 2003
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 2003
Decided: March 8, 2004
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

MICHAEL D. CRAWFORD v. WASHINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 2004. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 2003.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 541 U.S. 36
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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