As far as the decision of the court in Briscoe v. Commonwealth was concerned, it is also vitale pertinent to accentuate the fact that the holding of the Supreme Court in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) played an influential role especiay in terms of how evidence rm witnesses was used within the framework of the case. This is due to the fact that the Court of Virginia used the precedent or standard that had been set by the Supreme Court to crosscheck the information tabled before the court by the various witnesses. This is an approach that was