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Confrontation of witnesses: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Confrontation of witnesses,” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

67decisions
87%favorable to the petitioner
25%unanimous
6altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1960s20
1970s10
1980s18
1990s5
2000s5
2010s5
2020s4

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

Sixth Amendment (right to confront and cross-examine, compulsory process)50
Fourteenth Amendment (due process)2
Harmless error2
Sixth Amendment (other provisions)1
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure1
Writ improvidently granted1

All 67 decisions, newest first

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error