Home > Great American Court Cases > Maryland v. Craig

Legal Citation: 497 U.S. 836 (1990)

Petitioner
State of Maryland

Respondent
Sandra Ann Craig

Petitioner's Claim
That allowing an alleged victim of child abuse to testify by closed circuit television violates the Sixth Amendment right of criminal defendants to confront their accusers in court.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
J. Joseph Curran, Jr.

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
William H. Murphy, Jr.

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor (writing for the Court), William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
27 June 1990

Decision
The Supreme Court found that because the closed circuit procedure...