Legal Opinion
People v. Wrotten
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 30, 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
McGuire, J.
This appeal calls upon us to determine whether Supreme Court erred in allowing the complainant to give televised testimony in defendant’s assault trial. Although we do not decide this appeal on federal constitutional grounds, a review of the law on the scope of a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to *167confront the witnesses against him or her helps explain the state law ground on which we do decide the appeal. In our view the admission of the two-way, televised testimony is not only unauthorized by either the Legislature or the inherent powers of the Judiciary, it…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. WrottenNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
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