Confrontation Clause after Crawford and its Impact on the Admissibility of Forensic Evidence:A Comparative Study on the United States and China  

作　　者：Xingyi Wang 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Evidence Law and Forensic Science,China University of Political Science and Law,Beijing 100084,China

出　　处：《Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine》2018年第1期40-48,共9页法庭科学与法医学杂志（英文）

摘　　要：Crawford is a watershed case separating hearsay exceptions and confrontation.Overruling Roberts,Crawford established a new bright-line test for Confrontation Clause.Testimonial out-of-court statements,whether reliable or not,are inadmissible unless the prosecution has shown:(a)the declarant is unavailable and(b)the defense has a prior opportunity for cross-examination.Applying Crawford's primary purpose test,testimonial out-of-court forensic reports(usually as affidavits)might not be admissible.However,Crawford underlined that the Confrontation Clause has its independent procedural values and other nonepistemic functions.

关 键 词：CONFRONTATION Crawford Roberts testimonial out-of-court statements 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]