Does a plaintiff have a right to confront a police officer in a confrontation?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Vu Thanh Van Le, G042343, No. 08WF2205 (Cal. App. 2010):
minute orders to establish... commission of the requisite predicate offenses violated [his] right to confrontation [under] Crawford v. Washington (2004) 541 U.S. 36 [124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177]."
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