cross-examination
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 282 U.S. 687 - Alford v. United States · 1931Most cited · 2,887 citing opinions
a matter of right; it is necessarily exploratory; and the rule that the examiner must indicate the purpose of his inquiry does not, in general, apply. It is the essence of a fair trial that reasonable latitude be given the cross-examiner, even though he is unable to state to the court what fact a reasonable cross-examination might develop
How often courts cite the cases defining “cross-examination”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “cross-examination” — 2,933 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1863–1931
- ORIGINAL
the cross-examination of a witness must be limited to the matters stated in his direct examination