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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Witness Wearing Surgical Mask During Pandemic Is Denial of Sixth Amendment Right to Face-to-Face Confrontation and No General Exception to This Right for Pandemic or ‘Other Global Events’ Such as Wars and Natural

by David M. Reutter

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas held that a witness who covered a significant part of the expressive portion of her face with a surgical mask for her “comfort” constituted the denial of the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to fact-to-face confrontation.

The Court’s opinion was ...

 

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