No. 20-7114
Aesha Johnson v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: co-defendant confrontation-clause constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence invited-error plea-agreement
Latest Conference:
2021-03-19
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Does the admission into evidence of a non-testifying co-defendant's plea agreement which includes a statement implicating the defendant on trial as a co-conspirator violate the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution?
II. If a criminal defendant argues at trial that a co-defendant was the perpetrator of the charged offense rather than herself, does that defense constitute invited error which allows the government to introduce the co-defendant's plea agreement implicating the defendant without a Confrontation Clause infringement?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the admission of a non-testifying co-defendant's plea agreement implicating the defendant violate the Confrontation Clause?
Docket Entries
2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 15, 2021)
Attorneys
Aesha Johnson
David Lawrence Doughten — Standard Building, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent