No. 23-1250

Carlos Vega v. Terence B. Tekoh

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: administration-of-justice circuit-split coerced-confessions confession-admissibility criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fifth-amendment miranda-rights miranda-warning ninth-circuit
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by establishing—in conflict with the decisions of other circuits—a categorical rule requiring the admission of expert testimony that opines on the allegedly coercive circumstances of a confession to a crime.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit otherwise erred when it mandated the admission of expert testimony that certain lawful interrogation techniques generate false, coerced confessions, where the purpose of such testimony was to impermissibly bolster Tekoh's account of the circumstances of his confession.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by establishing a categorical rule requiring the admission of expert testimony on the allegedly coercive circumstances of a confession

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-11
2024-09-11
2024-09-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-22
2024-08-22
Brief of Terrance B. Tekoh in opposition submitted.
2024-07-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 22, 2024.
2024-07-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 12, 2024 to August 22, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-07-19
Motion of Terrance B. Tekoh for an extension of time submitted.
2024-07-11
Response Requested. (Due August 12, 2024)
2024-06-28
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Police Organizations filed. (Distributed)
2024-06-28
Brief amicus curiae of The International Municipal Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)
2024-06-28
Amicus brief of The International Municipal Lawyers Association submitted.
2024-06-28
Amicus brief of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE ORGANIZATIONS submitted.
2024-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-21
Waiver of right of respondent Terrance B. Tekoh to respond filed.
2024-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 28, 2024)
2024-03-20
Application (23A848) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 24, 2024.
2024-03-15
Application (23A848) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 24, 2024 to May 24, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Carlos Vega
Roman Martinez VLatham & Watkins, LLP, Petitioner
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE ORGANIZATIONS
Thomas Ryan McCarthyConsovoy McCarthy PLLC, Amicus
Terrance B. Tekoh
Paul Lindsey HoffmanSchonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes LLP, Respondent
The International Municipal Lawyers Association
Michael Thomas RauppHusch Blackwell LLP, Amicus