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Title: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing in a Post-Giles World.
Author : Journal of the National District Attorneys Association Prosecutor
Release Date : January 01, 2008
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 274 KB

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IN GILES v, CALIFORNIA, 128 S.Ct. 2678 (2008), the United States Supreme Court confirmed that the concept of forfeiture by wrongdoing of the Sixth Amendment's right of confrontation remains a powerful tool in the prosecution of domestic violence. At the same time the Court restricted the doctrine by setting out the requirement that the prosecutor show that the defendant acted with the intent to cause the unavailability of the witness. THE DEATH OF BRENDA AVIE