California Supreme Court May 28, 1968, Crim. 11964 (People v. Johnson)

MOSK. J.

This appeal from a judgment of conviction of incest (Pen. Code. § 285) presents the important question whether section 1235 of the new Evidence Code, making prior inconsistent statements of a witness admissible

for the truth

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of the matters therein asserted,

violates the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of the right of confrontation when introduced against a defendant in a criminal