Question

How can the woman’s counsel use the Sixth Amendment’s witness clause to support her case?

Answer 1

Somehow, she has

The Right to Cross-Examine

Use espically to challenge their testimoy, regradless trial rules can shape or limit. So long as these rules stand up to a confrontion clause analysis. Prosectors can prevent that from happening, but defendents are enjoying a wide latitude when confronting witnesses. Also if trial judge restricts cross-examination too severely, a violation of the confrontion clause may have occured.

Out-of-Court Statements

Prosecutors favourite method to use it against the defendant. However it must appear in court to testify. Example :

* statement by a non-testifying victim made during a police interrogcotion.
*statement by a non-testifying victim to emergency medical responders, hospital staff or a scoial worker.
*An autopsy report by a non-testifing medical examiner.

Answer 2

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The situation is that a woman has been accused of a crime but she says that she was nowhere near the scene of the crime. Her friends who were with here refuse to appear in court as witnesses because they are afraid that they will be accused too.

The women's counsel can use the 6th Amendment's witness clause to support her case in that the accused has the right to force its witness or witnesses to go to trial to declare. The accused has the right to confront the witnesses and to get a fast trial with an impartial jury.