No. 22-5471
Tremain Lamar Braxton, Timothy Roy Mason, and Darrell Lee-Lamont Summers, II v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-sexual-conduct criminal-trial cross-examination evidence-exclusion incentive-to-testify sixth-amendment witness-credibility
Latest Conference:
2022-10-07
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a defendant's Sixth Amendment confrontation rights are violated when a trial court bars all cross-examination about events that concededly took place and may have provided the witness an incentive to shade or fabricate his testimony in the Government's favor.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a defendant's Sixth Amendment confrontation rights are violated when a trial court bars all cross-examination about events that concededly took place and may have provided the witness an incentive to shade or fabricate his testimony in the Government's favor
Docket Entries
2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2022)
2022-06-21
Application (21A842) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until August 26, 2022.
2022-06-16
Application (21A842) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 27, 2022 to August 26, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Tremain Lamar Braxton, et al.
Sarah M. Riley Howard — Pinsky Smith Fayette & Kennedy LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent