No. 21-993

Willard Anthony v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2022-01-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (10)
Tags: confrontation-clause confrontation-right due-process fair-trial harmless-error presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-testimony structural-error witness-credibility
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Latest Conference: 2022-11-04 (distributed 10 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the presumption of innocence, the right to confrontation, and the right to a fair trial permit a court to allow the grand jury prosecutor to take the stand and offer such testimony.

2. Whether the admission of such prosecutorial testimony constitutes structural error or, instead, is subject to harmless error review.

3. Whether a reviewing court's conclusion that the evidence at trial supports the defendant's convictions even excluding the grand jury prosecutor's testimony meets the State's burden of proving harmless error beyond a reasonable doubt.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the presumption of innocence, the right to confrontation, and the right to a fair trial permit a court to allow the grand jury prosecutor to take the stand and offer such testimony

Docket Entries

2022-11-07
Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Jackson joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-993_5i26.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2022-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/4/2022.
2022-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
2022-10-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
2022-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
2022-06-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
2022-06-13
Rescheduled.
2022-05-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
2022-05-23
Record received from the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth District. The record is electronic and contains sealed materials.
2022-05-04
Record Requested.
2022-04-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-08
Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
2022-02-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2022.
2022-02-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 10, 2022 to April 8, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-02-08
Response Requested. (Due March 10, 2022)
2022-02-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-27
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2022-01-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2022)

Attorneys

Louisiana
Juliet L. ClarkAssistant District Attorney, Respondent
Willard Anthony
Letty Spring Di GiulioLaw Office of Letty S. Di Giulio, Petitioner