Legal Opinion
State v. MacLin
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 18, 2006PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, C.J.
in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ. joined.
We granted permission to appeal these cases and then consolidated them to determine a question common to both: whether the admission at trial of an unavailable witness’s “excited utterance” to law enforcement officers at the crime scene violated the defendant’s right to confront witnesses against him. We conclude that— depending on the particular facts of a case — an excited utterance can be “testimonial.” If the statement is determined to be “testimonial,” then under Sixth Amendment…
3Cases cited76 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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4Cited by53 opinions
- State v. LewisTennessee Supreme Court · 2007
- State of Tennessee v. Kacy Dewayne CannonTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
- State v. FranklinTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
- State of Tennessee v. Hubert Glenn SextonTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
- State v. GilleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2008
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