Ohio v. Roberts
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Ohio v. Roberts is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court case that established a reliability-based framework for admitting hearsay evidence under the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause, later curtailed by Crawford v. Washington.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ohio v. Roberts canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confrontation Clause case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| abrogatedBy | Crawford v. Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional criminal procedure
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criminal law ⓘ evidence law ⓘ |
| citation | 448 U.S. 56 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision | Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalRightInvolved | right to confront witnesses ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1980-06-25 ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Ohio v. Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding | Hearsay statements of an unavailable witness may be admitted without violating the Confrontation Clause if they bear adequate indicia of reliability. ⓘ |
| impact |
Established a reliability-based framework for Confrontation Clause analysis of hearsay evidence.
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Governed Confrontation Clause hearsay analysis for more than two decades. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalDoctrine | indicia of reliability test ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Confrontation Clause
NERFINISHED
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admissibility of hearsay evidence ⓘ |
| overruledInPart | Crawford v. Washington rejected the primary reliance on judicial reliability determinations for testimonial hearsay. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| page | 56 ⓘ |
| party |
Roberts
NERFINISHED
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State of Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentStatus | partially abrogated ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
California v. Green
NERFINISHED
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Crawford v. Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| ruleOfLaw | Hearsay is admissible under the Confrontation Clause if it falls within a firmly rooted hearsay exception or bears particularized guarantees of trustworthiness. ⓘ |
| standardAnnounced |
adequate indicia of reliability
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firmly rooted hearsay exception ⓘ particularized guarantees of trustworthiness ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
criminal trial confrontation rights
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use of prior testimony at trial ⓘ |
| subsequentHistory | Framework substantially curtailed by Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004). ⓘ |
| timeframeOfInfluence |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ early 2000s ⓘ |
| topic |
hearsay exceptions
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reliability of evidence ⓘ unavailable witness ⓘ |
| volume | 448 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1980 ⓘ |
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