The Constitutional Right to Confront Witnesses Against You, When They’ve Been Exposed to COVID
From the Minnesota Court of Appeals’ majority opinion yesterday in State v. Trifiletti, written by Judge Randall Slieter and joined by Judge Matthew Johnson; the opinion is long, but here’s the legal heart of the matter: Did the state prove that M.W.’s [a witness’s] possible exposure to COVID-19 and fully-dissipated-cough symptoms, which prevented her from … Read more