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23-6952 Frantz Brifil v. Florida Florida 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-law hearsay out-of-court-statements sixth-amendment witness-testimony WHETHER THE STATE COURT VIOLATED THE MANDATE OF CRAWFORD AND PROGENY BY INTRODUCING A NON TESTIFYING WITNESS'S OUT-OF-COURT STATEMENTS?
23-6763 Armani L. Moore v. Illinois Illinois 2024-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence evidence-law memory-loss sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay unavailable-witness witness-unavailability 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…
23-6350 Brady Franklin v. Illinois Illinois 2023-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause craig-precedent crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington intellectual-disability maryland-v-craig public-policy sixth-amendment witness-testimony 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-fac…
23-6343 Patrick Bowie v. Mark Miller, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP authentication confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence-authentication hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington 1. Is the right to confrontation violated when inculpatory letters, turned over to the People by a non-testifying witness, admitted into evidence wit…
23-6072 James Richards v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-v-washington crawford-violation criminal-procedure evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence this Court review the Betitioner's Trial Court Transcript Record on April 21, 2021, and all appeals. Counsel Arkie Byrd was so ineffective for failing…
23A37 Patrick Bowie v. William Lee, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-07-14 Presumed Complete confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Question not identified.
22-7846 Vance Collins v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-v-united-states codefendant codefendant-statement confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure hearsay out-of-court-statement sixth-amendment Whether a defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment are violated by the admission of a non-testifying codefendant's out…
22-1068 Gary Paul Kirkman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts sane-records sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in denying Gary Paul Kirkman's request for a certificate of appealability (COA) when it concluded that he had not made…
22-7075 Dennis Morgan Hicks v. Alabama Alabama 2023-03-22 Denied IFP child-witnesses confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-defendant hearsay prior-statements sixth-amendment testimonial-statements witness-testimony 1. Whether a criminal defendant is deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him, as set forth in Crawford v. Washington and…
22-885 South Carolina v. Angela D. Brewer South Carolina 2023-03-15 Denied confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure expert-testimony forensic-evidence forensic-pathology melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts ohio-v-clark sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements Whether lab results requested not by law enforcement but by a forensic pathologist to assist in making a routine cause of death determination are test…
22-6462 Jerome K. Ta'afulisia v. Washington Washington 2023-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington evidence-creation law-enforcement-solicitation michigan-v-bryant ohio-v-clark police-investigation primary-purpose-test sixth-amendment testimonial-statement Is a statement testimonial for purposes of the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment when the speaker talks with a trusted family member who is …
22-6292 Ryan L. Bessert v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process maryland-v-craig ohio-v-roberts two-way-video witness-testimony Our constitution codifies the ancient right of confronting one's accuser. Relying on Ohio v. Roberts, this Court has held a procedure which eliminates…
22-511 Thomas Dixon v. Texas Texas 2022-12-02 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-error courtroom-closure crawford-doctrine crawford-v-washington due-process hearsay-confession hearsay-exception hemphill-v-new-york recantations sufficiency-of-the-evidence QUESTION ONE: Should Crawford be a one-way street? Contrary to Hemphill v. New York, __ U.S. __, 142 S. Ct. 681, 692-93, 211 L.Ed.2d 534 (2022), the t…
22-450 Gregory Shields, Sr. v. Kentucky Kentucky 2022-11-15 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-standard crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing state-court-division state-court-split witness-testimony When, if ever, does a preliminary hearing provide an "adequate opportunity" for cross-examination under the Confrontation Clause?
22-6009 David Matthew Carter v. South Carolina South Carolina 2022-11-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure confrontation-clause courtroom-removal Crawford-v-Washington criminal-procedure due-process Maryland-v-Craig sixth-amendment trial-rights witness-testimony Did the trial Court commit reversable error by removing Petitioner from the courtroom and forcing him to watch his trial via closed circuit monitoring…
22-5426 Joseph Antonetti v. Timothy Filson, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied IFP autopsy-report certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-examiner Did the courts below err in denying a Certificate of Appealability to review the holdings of the district court and the Nevada Supreme Court that Mr. …
22-155 Hiral M. Patel v. Connecticut Connecticut 2022-08-18 Denied Response Waived bourjaily-v-united-states confrontation-clause confrontation-rights crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure davis-v-washington due-process dutton-v-evans evidence-admission michigan-v-bryant penal-interest testimonial-statement Whether a statement against penal interest— e made by an inmate/declarant who was moved into the cell of an inmate/informant, who was then outfitted …
22-5247 Luckens Petit v. Florida Florida 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bond-hearing confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence florida-arthur-bond-hearing sixth-amendment I. WHETHER THE FLORIDA ARTHURVBOND HEARING SATISFIES THE SIXTH AMENDMENT 'S CONFRONTATION CLAUSE REQUIREMENT AS EXPLAINED IN CRAWFORD V. WASHINGTON, 5…
21-8237 Odece Dempsean Hill v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington forensic-nurse-examiner melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts ninth-circuit sexual-assault sexual-assault-victim testimonial-statements Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to introduce the testimonial statements of a non-testifying sexual assault victim lay witness…
21-8054 Carlos Johnson v. Dan Reddington, Warden Missouri 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law habeas-corpus hearsay probation-revocation To guarantee fairness, should criminal defendants in probation revocation proceedings be provided under the due process clause with a more robust righ…
21-7109 Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-14 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington due-process forensic-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice Whether, given that the district court's agreement that Mr. Mills was denied the opportunity to confront the forensic analyst in this case, did Mr. Mi…
21-5830 Bradley David Johnson v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied IFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence sixth-amendment Question not identified.
21-5438 Noe Gerardo Morin v. Bobby Lumpkin. Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP brady-disclosure confrontation-clause crawford-standard crawford-v-washington fundamental-fairness hearsay hearsay-statement ineffective-counsel non-testimonial prejudice right-to-confront testimonial Mr.Morin alleges that the district court erred by mischaracterizing • statements from a non-testifying witness, resulting in severe prejudice agains…
21-39 Benjamin Ramirez Ruiz v. California California 2021-07-12 Denied Response Waived child-protective-services confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence-law ongoing-emergency sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence testimonial-statement Was a statement made to a child protective services investigator testimonial for the purposes of the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause as establish…
20-8416 Raul Ramos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process hearsay-evidence sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment united-states-v-haymond Whether the district court's reliance on hearsay evidence to impose a guideline sentence of life violates Ramos's right to confront and cross-examine …
20-7990 Jose Meza v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-v-united-states co-defendant-statements co-defendants confrontation-clause constitutional-procedure crawford-v-washington criminal-evidence informant ninth-circuit-interpretation testimonial testimonial-statements 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) effectively and silently overruled Bruton v. United States, 39…
20-1470 Thomas A. Jeffrey v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-04-20 Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process emergency-medical-treatment evidence-collection sexual-assault testimonial-evidence Whether statements made by a suspected sexual assault victim at the emergency room to hospital personnel during the sexual assault evidence collection…
20-921 Braulio Marcelo Castillo v. Virginia Virginia 2021-01-08 Denied Response Waived child-witness closed-circuit-testimony confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-trial due-process maryland-v-craig sixth-amendment 1. Does the Confrontation Clause allow a non-victim child witness to testify against his father via two-way closed-circuit television when the witness…
20-5805 Ian Resnick v. United States Third Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fraud-loss overview-testimony sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment testimonial-statements 1) Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits, under the guise of "overview testimony", the admission against a criminal defenda…
20-5257 Jimmy McLain Moore v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment law-enforcement right-to-confrontation sixth-amendment witness-communication 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to decide an important Federal Question regarding the right of a Defendant to confront witnesses …
19-8803 Bennie Adams v. Ohio Ohio 2020-06-24 Denied IFP autopsy-report confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence-law sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence Is an autopsy report testimonial evidence that demands confrontation under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), and the Sixth Amendment to the …
19-7802 Fernando Ramirez Noria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alienage confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington essential-element federal-rules-of-evidence Hearsay non-testifying-agents sixth-amendment Did the admission of the non-testifying agents' reports of their interviews of the defendant to prove alienage, an essential element of the offense, v…
19-7599 Tracey Smith-Kilpatrick v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP business-records confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington evidence-rule federal-rule-of-evidence-803(6) federal-rules-of-evidence government-use hearsay hearsay-exception record-reliability sixth-circuit testimonial-statement testimonial-statements Whether business records qualify as inadmissible hearsay when the government uses them as testimonial statements and for purposes other than those for…
19-7485 Michael J. Aguon v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-crawford-v-washington crawford-v-washington due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel gang-expert ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-v-arizona miranda-warnings police-investigation police-officer-gang-expert prosecutorial-misconduct testimonial-hearsay IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE PROSECUTION'S GANG EXPERT IS AND WAS AT ALL TIMES A POLICE OFFICER ENGAGED IN INVESTIGATING CRIMES WHEN INTERVIEWING ALL…
19-7246 Keith Harris v. United States Third Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-rule crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay informants law-enforcement-testimony lay-opinion-testimony right-to-counsel sixth-amendment witness-testimony whether the admission of law enforcement testimony that goes to whether a defendant was a participant in a conspiracy based on information provided by…
19-7218 Oscar Amezcua Cabrera v. California California 2020-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-principles crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington due-process dying-declaration-exception fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hearsay hearsay-exception hearsay-rule prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay 1. In the context of the dying declaration exception of the hearsay rule, where that declaration is otherwise testimonial hearsay within the ambit of …
19-7000 David Constance v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP crawford-v-washington fair-trial fourteenth-amendment hearsay-testimony impartial-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence sixth-amendment Reasonable jurists would determine that Mr. Constance was denied a fair and impartial trial with the State Courts denial concerning hearsay testimony;…
19-5310 Rodolfo Cantu, Jr., aka Lil Rudy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-right crawford-v-washington due-process fifth-amendment hearsay sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-proceedings sixth-amendment Was the enhancement for a credible threat improper considering the district court's partial reliance on hearsay facts outside the record, which violat…
19-6 New York v. Jahmarley Jones New York 2019-06-28 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure gang-evidence police-investigation police-investigations sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements Whether statements made by individuals during routine police investigations – prior to the commission of a specific crime, the identification of a sus…
18-9555 Kenneth Thomas v. Robert Marsh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Benner Township Third Circuit 2019-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP autopsy-report confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington cross-examination fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts sixth-amendment strickland-standard testimonial-evidence WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD CONSIDER IF THE INTRODUCTION OF AN AUTOPSY REPORT WHICH WAS PRESENTED AS SUBSTANTIVE EVIDENCE BUT NOT TESTIFIED TO BY ITS AU…
18-9428 Robert L. Jenkins v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction bullcoming-v-new-mexico civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law forensic-evidence judicial-review melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts testimonial-statements This COURT's 2OO4 dECiSiON iN CRAWfORd v. WAshingtOn, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) clEARly ESTAblishEd thAT, puRSUANT to thE CONFRONtATiON ClAUSE of THE SiXth A…
18-9352 Donald C. Ridley v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting Bullcoming-v-New-Mexico confrontation-clause Crawford-v-Washington due-process griffin-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions rosemond-v-united-states strickland-standard Strickland-v-Washington yates-v-united-states Does a lower Court's admission that a aiding and abetting jury instruction was erroneous in light of this Court decision in Rosemond v. United States,…
18-8902 Gustav Kloszewski v. United States Second Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation Crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility precedent sixth-amendment testimonial-statements Did the lower court fail to follow this Court's precedent in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004).
18-8862 Roderick White v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-04-17 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process evidence memory-loss testimonial-hearsay united-states-v-owens Whether the rule of United States v. Owens, 484 U.S. 554 (1988), as used by courts to admit testimonial hearsay from witnesses not amenable to cross-e…
18-1181 Tim Shoop, Warden v. Ahmad Fawzi Issa Sixth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Relisted (2) aedpa aedpa-standard confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington due-process federal-court-review habeas-corpus retroactivity sixth-amendment state-prisoner-rights supreme-court-precedent At Ahmad Issa's 1998 trial, two witnesses described statements that their friend (and Issa's accomplice) made to them about Issa's involvement in a mu…
18-8379 John Anthony Dobbs v. Texas Texas 2019-03-11 Denied IFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-standard crawford-v-washington due-process evidence forensic-evidence medical-examination medical-forensic medical-forensic-purpose sane-nurse sane-nurse-examination testimonial-statement testimonial-statements BECAUSE SANE NURSE EXAMINATIONS HAVE EVOLVED INTO A DUAL MEDICAL AND FORENSIC PURPOSE, HAVE THE STATEMENTS OBTAINED BECOME 'TESTIMONIAL' FOR PURPOSES …
18-7675 Eric Hayes v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abstract-approach circuit-court collateral-appeal constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-appeal daubert-v-merrell-dow double-jeopardy federal-rules-of-evidence illinois-v-vitale sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent whalen-v-united-states Whether the Third Circuit's denial/rejection that reasonable jurists would not debate the District Court's determination that Mr. Hayes convictions we…
18-7416 Javier Solis v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied IFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington hearsay hearsay-exception jury-instructions jury-interpretation police-testimony sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence truth-of-the-matter-asserted A POLICE OFFICER TESTIFIED TO MATTERS OF WHICH HE DID NOT HAVE DIRECT KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING A BOLO BULLETIN. SHOULD "TESTIMONIAL" OR "NON-TESTIMONIAL" …
18-7165 Drakile Leroy Jones v. Michigan Michigan 2018-12-21 Denied IFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence michigan-supreme-court sixth-amendment standing state-court-appeal supervisory-power williamson-v-united-states 1) Whether the decision of the Michigan Court of Appeals conflicts with Crawford v. Washington? 2) Whether the Michigan Supreme Court's interpretatio…
18-6909 Albert Andrew Lucero v. Kim Holland, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-rule bruton-v-united-states co-defendant confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-rights crawford-analysis crawford-v-washington harmless-error joint-trial sixth-amendment testimonial-statement Was the California Court of Appeal's decision contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, this Court's jurisprudence holding that the Sixth Amendm…
18-6885 Stephen Anthony Marquez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-30 Denied IFP business-records confrontation-clause constitutional-amendments crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-records sixth-amendment With the decision to classify testimonial or non-testimonial statements per Crawford v. Washington 124 S.t 1354 as to whether Confrontation clause app…
18-6845 Edward Mitchell v. Lawrence Mahally, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP clearly-established-law confrontation-clause constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process greene-v-fisher habeas habeas-corpus habeas-statute retroactivity The Petitioner, Edward Mitchell, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a state trial court in 2001 based on testimony that, al…
18-6666 Oscar Sosa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process expert-testimony plain-error-review prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-credibility 1. Isa federal agent's testimony about an out-of-court agent's report of drug trafficking by an unindicted coconspirator, when linked to and used agai…
18-6183 Reginald Lynch v. Hilton Hall, Jr., Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure davis-v-washington dying-declaration hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington DOES PETITIONER RECEIVE INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHEN TRIAL COUNSEL FAILS TO OBJECT TO TESTIMONY FROM A WITNESS REPEATING THE STATEMENTS OF A…
18-6060 James Chavez v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay-exception preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment testimonial-statements witness-unavailability Whether, pursuant to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), a Prosecution can Admit Prior Testimonial Statements, Including a Video-taped Intervi…
18-5778 Jon Duke DePriest v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus hearsay sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay WHETHER PETITIONER'S SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONT WITNESSES AGAINST HIM WERE VIOLATED WHEN THE PROSECUTOR PROVIDED TESTIMONIAL HEARSAY STATEMENTS…
18-5726 Ruben Cazares v. Texas Texas 2018-08-23 Denied IFP accomplice-statements bruton-error bruton-evidence bruton-v-united-states confrontation-clause crawford crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility harmless-error prejudice prejudicial-evidence separate-trials special-prejudice trial-procedure Fifty years ago, this Court began the Bruton era by making two points perfectly clear. One, Bruton evidence is "devastating" to the accused. Bruton v.…
18-5442 Craig Alan Wall, Sr. v. Florida Florida 2018-08-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-punishment constitutional-rights crawford-standard crawford-v-washington due-process fifth-amendment forced-appeal fourteenth-amendment hearsay-exception separation-of-powers sixth-amendment unreasonable-determination-of-facts -CAPITAL CASE- REQUEST TO CERTIFY CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 28 U.S.C. § 2403(b): How is Florida Statute § 90.804(2)(f) (2012) "Hearsa…
18-5399 Joseph Andrew Perez v. California California 2018-07-30 Denied IFP autopsy-report autopsy-reports confrontation-clause crawford-standard crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure homicide-investigation homicide-investigations sixth-amendment testimonial testimonial-evidence Whether an autopsy report created as part of a homicide investigation, and asserting that the death was caused by homicide, is "testimonial" under the…