No. 21-1247

Karina Rafter v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2022-03-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: bias confrontation-clause out-of-court-statements reliability sixth-amendment state-of-mind-exception unreliability
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the admission of out-of-court statements of a decedent, offered under the state-of-mind exception, violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment where there is evidence of unreliability and bias?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the admission of out-of-court statements of a decedent, offered under the state-of-mind exception, violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment where there is evidence of unreliability and bias?

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-13
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
2022-02-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Karina Rafter
Cary B. BowenBowen, Medina & Lindemann, Petitioner
Virginia
Andrew Nathan FergusonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent