This blog is devoted to reporting and commenting on developments related to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004). Crawford transformed the doctrine of the Confrontation Clause, but it left many open questions that are, and will continue to be, the subject of a great deal of litigation and academic commentary.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Melendez-Diaz held not retroactive, in Melendez-Diaz case
Here's an irony of sorts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held the rule of Melendez-Diaz not to be retroactive -- and it did so in Commonwealth v. Melendez-Diaz, 2011 WL 3000275 -- yes, involving a prior conviction of the same Luis Melendez-Diaz.
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