Admissibility of Video-taped Testimony: What is the Standard After Maryland v. Craig and How Will the Practicing Defense Attorney be Affected?

Authors

Christopher A. Whitlock

Publication Date

3-1991

Document Type

Casenote

Abstract

In Maryland v. Craig, the Supreme Court addressed "whether the [c]onfrontation [c]lause of the [s]ixth [a]mendment categorically prohibits a child witness in a child abuse case from testifying against a defendant at trial, outside the defendant's physical presence, by one-way closed circuit television." The majority, in an opinion written by Justice O'Connor, held that provided the trial court makes a case-specific finding of necessity, the confrontation clause does not prohibit a state from using a one-way closed-circuit. television procedure for receiving testimony by a child witness in a child sexual abuse case.

Recommended Citation

Whitlock, Christopher A. (1991) "Admissibility of Video-taped Testimony: What is the Standard After Maryland v. Craig and How Will the Practicing Defense Attorney be Affected?," Mercer Law Review: Vol. 42: No. 2, Article 20.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol42/iss2/20