Does placing a screen between a child sexual abuse victim and defendant during testimony violate the sixth amendment right of counsel?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Mitchell, 915 F.2d 521 (9th Cir. 1990):
6 Even the compelling societal interest of protecting minors from sexual abuse must yield to specific constitutional guarantees. See Coy v. Iowa, 487 U.S. 1012, 108 S.Ct. 2798, 101 L.Ed.2d 857 (1988) (holding that placement of a screen between child sexual abuse victims and defendant during victims' testimony violates defendant's sixth amendment right even though the screen was intended to protect the victims from trauma).
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