Potter Stewart

“ The right of defense counsel in a criminal case to cross-examine the prosecutor's living witnesses is ' (o) ne of the fundamental guaranties of life and liberty,' [1] and 'one of the safeguards essential to a fair trial.' [2] It is, I think, as indispensable an ingredient as the 'right to be tried in a courtroom presided over by a judge.' [3] Indeed, this Court has said so this very Term. ”

“ State of Louisiana, 194 U.S. 258, 24 S.Ct. 650, 48 L.Ed. 965.
Notes
↑ Kirby v. United States, 174 U.S. 47, 55, 19 S.Ct. 574, 577, 43 L.Ed. 890.↑ Alford v. United States, 282 U.S. 687, 692, 51 S.Ct. 218, 219, 75 L.Ed. 624.↑ Rideau v. ”