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right of confrontation

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 380 U.S. 400 - Pointer v. Texas · 1965Most cited · 8,137 citing opinions

the Sixth Amendment's right of an accused to confront the witnesses against him is likewise a fundamental right and is made obligatory on the States by the Fourteenth Amendment,' to be enforced 'according to the same standards that protect those personal rights against federal encroachment.

How the Supreme Court has restated “right of confrontation”

196519701972 most cited: 380 U.S. 400 - Pointer v. Texas (1965)
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Each Supreme Court definition of “right of confrontation,” sized by how often later courts cited it. “Change” is measured by wording overlap with earlier definitions — a rough signal, not a semantic judgment.

How often courts cite the cases defining “right of confrontation”

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Court decisions citing the 3 opinions that defined “right of confrontation” — 12,763 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 3 definitions, chronological · 1965–1972

  1. 1968·390 U.S. 719 - Barber v. Page[p12]· cited 3,293×

    The right to confrontation is basically a trial right. It includes both the opportunity to cross-examine and the occasion for the jury to weigh the demeanor of the witness.

  2. 1972·408 U.S. 204 - Mancusi v. Stubbs[p19]· cited 1,345×

    The right to confrontation is basically a trial right. It includes both the opportunity to cross-examine and the occasion for the jury to weigh the demeanor of the witness.