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People v. Dungo

California Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 2012No. S176886PublishedCited by 130 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KENNARD, J.

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution grants a criminal defendant the right to confront adverse witnesses. This is the second in a trio of cases before us involving that right. The two companion cases are People v. Lopez (2012) 55 Cal.4th 569, and People v. Rutterschmidt (2012) 55 Cal.4th 650.

At defendant Reynaldo Santos Dungo’s murder trial, a forensic pathologist testifying for the prosecution described to the jury objective facts about the condition of the victim’s body as recorded in the autopsy report and accompanying photographs. Based on those facts,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Bullcoming v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 2012

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3Cited by130 opinions

  1. People v. SanchezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2016
  2. State v. MaxwellOhio Supreme Court · 2014
  3. People v. Bryant, Smith and WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 2014
  4. The People v. EdwardsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2013
  5. People v. PearsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2013

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