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Forfeiture by wrongdoing

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002187

A legal doctrine that serves as an exception to a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses. Under this rule, a defendant is deemed to have waived their confrontation rights if they intentionally engaged in misconduct, such as intimidating or killing a witness, for the purpose of preventing that witness from testifying. This doctrine is codified in Federal Rule of Evidence 804(b)(6), which permits the admission of the absent witness's hearsay statements against the defendant.

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IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002187
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002187",
  "term": "Forfeiture by wrongdoing",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal doctrine that serves as an exception to a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses. Under this rule, a defendant is deemed to have waived their confrontation rights if they intentionally engaged in misconduct, such as intimidating or killing a witness, for the purpose of preventing that witness from testifying. This doctrine is codified in Federal Rule of Evidence 804(b)(6), which permits the admission of the absent witness's hearsay statements against the defendant.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/forfeiture-by-wrongdoing/"
}

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