Kentucky v. Stincer

Kentucky v. Stincer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1987
Full case nameKentucky v. Stincer
Citations482 U.S. 730 (more)
Holding
Respondent's rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment were not violated by his exclusion from the competency hearing.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · John P. Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia
Laws applied
Confrontation Clause

Kentucky v. Stincer, 482 U.S. 730 (1987), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the respondent's rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment were not violated by his exclusion from the competency hearing.[1]

Significance

Although the respondent in this case lost, the case represents the fact that the criminal defendant's right to be present and participate in their trial is broader than the explicit protection of Confrontation. Under the Due Process Clause, the defendant has a right to be present at any critical stage of the trial where their appearance affects the fairness of the outcome.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Kentucky v. Stincer, 482 U.S. 730 (1987)
  2. ^ Turner, Jenia I. (2023). "The Emerging Constitutional Law of Remote Criminal Jurisprudence". Wake Forest Law Review: 764. SSRN 4974775.

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