No. 25A705

Charles Albert Massey v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-17
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination hearsay-evidence preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the admission of a preliminary hearing testimony of a deceased witness, who was unavailable for cross-examination on a subsequently added criminal charge, violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights

Docket Entries

2025-12-19
Application (25A705) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 27, 2026.
2025-12-15
Application (25A705) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 29, 2025 to February 27, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Charles Massey
Joseph Douglas KingKing, Campbell, Poretz & Mitchell PLLC, Petitioner