Dutton v. Evans, No. 10 (U.S. Supreme Court) (400 U.S. 74; 91 S.Ct. 210) (October 15, 1970) (Justice Stewart)

Loaded on Aug. 30, 2002

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Hearsay Evidence.

Here a sharply divided Court found the utility of a trial confrontation so remote that it did not require the prosecution to produce a seemingly available witness, thus rejecting hearsay challenge based on a violation of the Confrontation Clause.

In this case the appellant prison warden sought review of a ...

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