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Whether the Confrontation Clause permits out-of-state testimony via videoconference
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : 1 (a) Whether it is a violation of the Confrontation Clause to dispense with physical, face-to-face confrontation and permit out-of-state testimony via videoconference upon the mere inconvenience to a witness required to travel to appear in court? . 1 (b) and, if so, whether it is ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to object under the Confrontation Clause to such out-of-state testimony via videoconference? a Whether it is ineffective assistance of ‘trial counsel for failing to object to testimony concerning the truthfulness of complainant when witness testified that he believed the complainant's allegations because "she's never lied ‘ to me before"? 3 Whether it is ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to object to the expert testimony that implicitly . bolstered the truthfulness of complainant's allegations via her "trauma-narrative" and diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? : : 8