Adversarial Hearing
am 27.12.2006 von German American Law Journal :: American Edition
CK - Washington. The Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe applied the rules of the Human Rights Convention to German criminal procedure in lifting a criminal conviction based on a non-adversarial interrogation of a witness.
In an investigative hearing, the examining judge removed the defendant from the hearing room after the witness expressed her displeasure in making a statement in his presence. Subsequently, she failed to follow a summons to testify at the trial. Her statements procured at the hearinr without confrontation by the defenant or counsel proved determinative for the conviction but was not supported by other evidence.
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