CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay
......Confrontation
.........No Eye Contact in Courtroom
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Right to confrontation denied when accused cannot see witness testify. V cannot testify from behind screen.

Defendant's right of confrontation violated when he could not see witnesses as they testified because the court allowed a computer monitor to be positioned so they could testify in his presence without seeing him.

DA's standing beside child victim/witness so that child could look away from defense table, did not deprive D of right to face-to-face confrontation.

Confrontation right violated by not permitting eye contact at prelim.