No. 19-1065
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure expert-testimony forensic-evidence lab-report sixth-amendment surrogate-expert testimonial-evidence
Latest Conference:
2020-06-11
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Confrontation Clause prohibits
the prosecution from introducing into evidence at trial
a certified lab report reflecting statements of
nontestifying analysts through a surrogate expert
who, although a supervisor at the lab, merely
reviewed the report and results and did not conduct or
observe any of the underlying tests; and
2. Whether the Confrontation Clause prohibits
the surrogate expert from testifying at trial about the
underlying tests, including the particular samples
tested, procedures followed, and results reached.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Confrontation Clause prohibits the prosecution from introducing into evidence at trial a certified lab report reflecting statements of nontestifying analysts through a surrogate expert
Docket Entries
2020-06-15
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
2020-05-26
Reply of petitioner Teresa Ann Johnson filed. (Distributed)
2020-05-07
Brief of respondent State of Alaska in opposition filed.
2020-04-07
Response Requested. (Due May 7, 2020)
2020-04-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-27
Waiver of right of respondent State of Alaska to respond filed.
2020-02-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 30, 2020)
Attorneys
State of Alaska
Teresa Ann Johnson
Hari Santhanam — Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Petitioner