No. 23-6350
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation-clause craig-precedent crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington intellectual-disability maryland-v-craig public-policy sixth-amendment witness-testimony
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Latest Conference:
2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)
After Crawford, is the balancing test created by Craig still good law, and if so, does extending its exemption for children from physical, face-to-face confrontation to categories of adult witnesses—here, intellectually disabled adults—violate the Confrontation Clause?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the balancing test created by Maryland v. Craig is still good law after Crawford v. Washington, and if so, whether extending its exemption for children from physical, face-to-face confrontation to intellectually disabled adults violates the Confrontation Clause
Docket Entries
2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent People of the State of Illinois to respond filed.
2023-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 25, 2024)
Attorneys
Brady Franklin
Douglas Robert Hoff — Office of the State Appellate Defender , Petitioner
People of the State of Illinois