Pennsylvania v. Ritchie, No. 85-1347 (U.S. Supreme Court) (480 U.S. 39; 107 S.Ct. 989) (February 24, 1987) (Justice Powell)
In this case, a a plurality of the Court interpreted the Confrontation Clause to mean that the right of confrontation is designed simply "to prevent improper restrictions on the types of questions that defense counsel may ask during cross-examination." (Id., at 52). Thus, the plurality concluded that the constitutional error ...
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