Blanks v. State

REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 1050 SEPTEMBER TERM, 2015 RICHARD L. BLANKS v. STATE OF MARYLAND Eyler, Deborah S., Woodward, Berger, JJ. Opinion by Eyler, Deborah S., J. Filed: June 2, 2016 This case raises the question whether the Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Crawford v. Washington,

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(2004), applies in a probation revocation hearing. We hold that it does not. We further hold that the right to confront witnesses as protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does apply and was…