Does the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation apply at the sentencing stage of a criminal prosecution?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Arbuckle, 150 Cal.Rptr. 778, 22 Cal.3d 749, 587 P.2d 220 (Cal. 1978):
More directly, several courts have held the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation inapplicable at the sentencing stage of a criminal prosecution. (See, e. g., United States v. Fischer (2d Cir. 1967) 381 F.2d 509, 511, cert. den. (1968) 390 U.S. 973, 88 S.Ct. 1064, 19 L.Ed.2d 1185; Fernandez v. Meier (9th Cir. 1970) 432 F.2d 426, 427.)
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