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Confronting the Confrontation Objection: Crawford Update
Jessica SmithSchool of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill
October, 2006
© 2006
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Objectives:
1) Understand & apply the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest Crawford ruling
2) Be prepared for argument on issues left open by that case
3) Be familiar with other “hot” Crawford topics
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Reference Materials:
1) Smith, Crawford v. Washington: Confrontation One Year Later
2) Smith, Supplement to Crawford v. Washington: Confrontation One Year Later
3) Markham, The Forfeiture by Wrongdoing Exception to the Confrontation Rule
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Crawford Holding:
“Testimonial” statements by declarants who do not testify at trial
may not be admitted unless the declarant is unavailable and there
has been a prior opportunity to cross examine.
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Crawford Holding:
Examples of nontestimonial statements:
1) Offhand remarks
2) Casual remarks to an acquaintance
3) Business records
4) Statements in furtherance of a conspiracy
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Crawford Holding:
Examples of testimonial statements:
1) Prior testimony
2) Plea allocations
3) Police interrogations
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Davis v. Washington
• 911 call statements
• V doesn’t testify
• Trial court admits recording of the 911 call
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Hammon v. Indiana
• Reported domestic disturbance
• V initially says everything is fine
• In 2nd statement, V recounts abuse
• V doesn’t testify at trial
• State puts on officer, who testifies to V’s statements
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Davis/Hammon Rule:
(1) Statements are nontestimonial when made in the course of police interrogation under circumstances
objectively indicating that the primary purpose of the interrogation is to
enable police assistance to meet an ongoing emergency.
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Davis/Hammon Rule:
(2) They are testimonial when the circumstances objectively indicate that there is no such ongoing emergency, and that the primary purpose of the interrogation is to establish or prove
past events potentially relevant to later criminal prosecution.
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Were the victim’s statements during the 911 call testimonial?
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Davis Holdings:
(1) 911 call statements = nontestimonial
• V spoke about events as they were happening, not later
• V facing ongoing emergency
• Q&A necessary to resolve emergency (including ID of D)
• Formality lacking
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Were Amy’s statements to the police testimonial?
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Davis Holdings:
(2) Amy’s statements at the scene = testimonial
• Not much different from those in Crawford
• Interrogation was investigation of past conduct
• No ongoing emergency
• 2nd questioning
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Crawford Holding:
“Testimonial” statements by declarants who do not testify at trial
may not be admitted unless the declarant is unavailable and there
has been a prior opportunity to cross examine.
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Davis/Hammon Rule (Again) for Police Interrogation:
(1) Nontestimonial when: circumstances objectively indicate primary purpose is to
enable police to meet an ongoing emergency
(2) Testimonial when: circumstances objectively indicate primary purpose is to establish/prove past events for criminal
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Fact pattern:
• Officer X responds Ms. C’s apartment• Neighbor approaches• Officer speaks with Mrs. C.• Detective U is called to the scene• Later that evening, Mrs C. identifies D for
Det. U, from photo lineup• Mrs. C doesn’t testify at trial
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Was Ms. C’s photo identification of D testimonial?
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Were Mrs. C’s statements to the responding officer testimonial?
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Open Issues1) How do you determine the primary
purpose of a police interrogation?
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“Assigning . . . primacy requires constructing a
hierarchy of purpose that rarely will be present—
and not reliably discernible. It will
inevitably be, quite simply, an exercise in fiction.”
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Open Issues2) What constitutes an emergency and
when does an emergency end?
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Open Issues3) Who are police agents for purposes of
police interrogation?
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Open Issues4) What formality is required for a statement
to be testimonial?
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Open Issues5) Should the primary purpose test be
applied to questioning by people other than the police or their agents?
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Open Issues6) How should you evaluate statements that
are volunteered to the police?
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Open Issues7) How should you apply the forfeiture by
wrongdoing exception?
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1) Business records, test reports & related materials
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1) Business records, test reports & related materials
State v. Windley (NC App): fingerprint card in AFIS is nontestimonial
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1) Business records, test reports & related materials
State v. Cao (NC App.): “mechanical” tests are nontestimonial
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1) Business records, test reports & related materials
State v. Melton (NC App.): following Cao
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1) Business records, test reports & related materials
State v. Forte (NC): SBI agent’s testing of bodily fluid evidence nontestimonial
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1) Business records, test reports & related materials
Impact of Davis?
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2) Statements offered for a purpose other than the truth of the matter asserted fall outside of Crawford
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3) Retroactivity to be decided by US Supreme Court next term
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4) Davis said the confrontation clause only applies to testimonial statements
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Objectives:
1) Understand & apply the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest Crawford ruling
2) Be prepared for argument on issues left open by that case
3) Be familiar with other “hot” Crawford topics
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