cross-examination

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Guide to Crawford & the Confrontation Clause

This section discusses the confrontation clause analysis under Crawford v. Washington.

Keywords: Melendez-Diaz, Giles, Davis, Bullcoming, Williams, Whorton, testimonial, non-testimonial, nontestimonial, notice and demand, Sixth Amendment, cross-examination

Impeachment

This section discusses impeachment.Impeachment refers to all methods of undermining a witness’s credibility so that the jury gives less weight to the witness’s testimony.

Keywords: prior inconsistent statement, bias, extrinsic evidence, specific contradiction, defendant’s silence, subterfuge, cross-examination