No. 20-8028

Ryan Jason Brannon v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2021-05-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: accuser available-to-testify confrontation-clause criminal-defendant cross-examination due-process right-to-confront sixth-amendment witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the plain language of the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause gives a defendant the literal right to confront and cross-examine their accuser at trial when the accuser is alive and legally available to testify.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the plain language of the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause gives a defendant the literal right to confront and cross-examine their accuser at trial when the accuser is alive and legally available to testify

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-05-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Ryan Brannon
Bethany Shannon StephensLaw Office of Bethany S. Stephens, Petitioner