Sixth Amendment: Supreme Court Slams Shut New York’s ‘Opening the Door’ Exception

to the Confrontation Clause

Was New York’s “opening the door” policy a valid exception to defendants’ Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights? The Supreme Court slammed the “open door” exception shut.

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