Cross-Examination and Witness Bias in Attempted First Degree Murder

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

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Michael Heneghan¹  Darren Lish¹  Richard Martinez¹ 

[1] Department of Psychiatry, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Anschutz Medical Center Aurora

关键词: cross examination;    bias;    Sixth Amendment;    confrontation clause;   

DOI  :  10.29158/JAAPL.210129L2-21

学科分类：儿科学

来源: American Academy of Psychiatry The Law

【 摘 要 】

cross examinationbiasSixth Amendmentconfrontation clauseExclusion of Defense-Proffered Evidence of Witness Bias Violated Defendant's Sixth Amendment RightsIn State v. Orn, 482 P.3d 913 (Wash. 2021), the Washington Supreme Court considered whether a defendant's constitutional right to confrontation of a witness and to present a complete defense had been violated. The court held that the trial court's decision to exclude evidence that the state's key witness worked as a confidential informant for the police department involved in prosecuting Nicholas Orn's case was an abuse of discretion and violated Mr. Orn's constitutional rights. But it affirmed the previous intermediate appellate court's decision to uphold the finding of the trial court after determining beyond a reasonable doubt that the error was harmless.

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