No. 23-6763

Armani L. Moore v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2024-02-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence evidence-law memory-loss sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay unavailable-witness witness-unavailability
Latest Conference: 2024-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a declarant is "unavailable to testify" for purposes of the Sixth Amendment, and as that phrase is used in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 54 (2004), when she is physically present at trial, but states that she does not remember either the events underlying her out-of-court statements or making the statements themselves.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a declarant is 'unavailable to testify' for purposes of the Sixth Amendment

Docket Entries

2024-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2024-02-16
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2024-02-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 18, 2024)

Attorneys

Armani L. Moore
Jeffrey Bruce KirkhamIllinois Office of the State Appellate Defender, Petitioner
Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent