👉 Subaudition is a practice in which individuals, particularly in the context of criminal justice proceedings, have their statements read out to the jury without being asked to testify. This method was introduced by the United States Supreme Court in the case of People v. Guzman (1982) 450 U.S. 367 (1981), which held that the right to a fair trial requires that all criminal defendants be given an opportunity to present their own evidence and