What is the test for confronting witnesses in a criminal trial?
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The following excerpt is from White v. Frauenheim, No. 1:16-cv-01436-DAD-JLT (HC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
"The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right of an accused in a criminal prosecution 'to be confronted with the witnesses against him.'" Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 315 (1974) (citation omitted). "'The main and essential purpose of confrontation is to
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