No. 20-1226
Response Waived
Tags: confrontation-clause constitutional-right-to-present-defense counseling-records due-process evidentiary-privilege privilege right-to-defense sexual-assault testimonial-development
Latest Conference:
2021-04-23
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether, consistent with the constitutional right to present a defense, a state may declare a sexual assault accuser's counseling records absolutely privileged even when the counseling is used to develop the accuser's testimony and the counseling is conceded by the prosecutor to be the basis for the development of the charge.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state may declare a sexual assault accuser's counseling records absolutely privileged even when the counseling is used to develop the accuser's testimony and the conceded basis for the charge
Docket Entries
2021-04-26
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
2021-04-05
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arkansas to respond filed.
2021-02-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2021)
Attorneys
State of Arkansas
Tracy Will Vaughn
Jeffrey Marx Rosenzweig — Jeffrey M. Rosenzweig, Esq., Petitioner