Court Opinion

ID: 9638393
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:42:55.134499+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:21:33.067674
License: Public Domain

*123OPINION ON PETITION TO REHEAR
The State of Tennessee has filed a pleading entitled “Petition to Rehear, or in the alternative, Motion for Certificate of Federal Question.” Basically, the State asks this court to reconsider and amend its judgment to reflect whether this court predicated its holding on the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or on Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution of Tennessee, or upon both articles.
We see no need to amend or clarify the judgment in this case. Both the state and federal constitutions give a defendant in a criminal action the right to confront witnesses against him. It necessarily follows that when a defendant is deprived of that right, such deprivation violates both the Constitution of Tennessee and the Constitution of the United States.