The Hearsay Exception for Declarations against Penal Interest Is Not Firmly Rooted in Pennsylvania Law, Making the Use of Extrajudicial Statements Made by a Non-Testifying Accomplice a Violation of the Defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to Confront Witnesses: Commonwealth v. Robins

Authors

David H. Cook

Abstract

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the admission into evidence of extrajudicial statements made by a nontestifying accomplice violated the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.

Commonwealth v. Robins, 812 A.2d 514 (Pa. 2002).

First Page

589

Recommended Citation

David H. Cook, The Hearsay Exception for Declarations against Penal Interest Is Not Firmly Rooted in Pennsylvania Law, Making the Use of Extrajudicial Statements Made by a Non-Testifying Accomplice a Violation of the Defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to Confront Witnesses: Commonwealth v. Robins, 42 Duq. L. Rev. 589 (2004).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol42/iss3/10