No. 25A758

Sean Paul Baker v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-31
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-rule-412 sexual-abuse witness-credibility
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Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Confrontation Clause permits exclusion of evidence that a witness created online videos about fictional sexual conduct when the defendant seeks to introduce such evidence to challenge the witness's credibility

Docket Entries

2026-01-02
Application (25A758) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until February 24, 2026.
2025-12-29
Application (25A758) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 25, 2026 to February 25, 2026, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
Main Document

Attorneys

Sean Paul Baker
Carl Richard Hennies — Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent