Supreme Court Debates Defendants' Rights to Blame Others

[CASE] Should a defendant always be able to present an argument that someone else committed the crime? That's an issue in Holmes v. South Caroline (04-1327), a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Law.com - Supreme Court Debates Defendants' Rights to Blame Others, AP, Feb. 23, 2006.

The question on which cert. was granted is:

Whether South Carolina's rule governing the admissibility of third party guilt evidence violates a criminal defendant's constitutional right to present a complete defense grounded in the Due Process,
Confrontation, and Compulsory Process Clauses?

The case below is at 605 S.E.2d 19 (S.C. 2004).

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