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ILLINOIS v. ALLEN

No. 606.

397 U.S. 337 (1970)

90 S.Ct. 1057

25 L.Ed.2d 353

ILLINOIS v. ALLEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 1970

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Flaum, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were William J. Scott, Attorney General, and James R. Thompson, Morton E. Friedman, and Thomas J. Immel, Assistant Attorneys General.

H. Reed Harris argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right . . . to be confronted with the witnesses against him . . . ." We have held that the Fourteenth Amendment makes the guarantees of this clause obligatory upon the States. Pointer v. Texas, 380 U.S. 400 (1965...

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