Ohio v. Roberts

Ohio v. Roberts
Argued November 26, 1979
Decided June 25, 1980
Full case nameOhio v. Hershel Roberts
Citations448 U.S. 56 (more)
100 S. Ct. 2531; 65 L. Ed. 2d 597; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 140
Holding
The introduction in evidence at respondent's trial of the daughter's preliminary hearing testimony was constitutionally permissible.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
MajorityBlackmun, joined by Burger, Stewart, White, Powell, Rehnquist
DissentBrennan, joined by Marshall, Stevens
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. VI, XIV
Overruled by
Crawford v. Washington (2004)

Ohio v. Roberts, 448 U.S. 56 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court decision dealing with the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.