autopsy
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-689 | George Sharrod Johns v. Georgia | Georgia | 2025-12-12 | Pending | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived | autopsy confrontation-clause criminal-procedure hearsay sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence | A forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on a homicide victim was unavailable for trial. In her place, the State of Georgia offered testimony b… |
| 23-5976 | Brian Heath Davis v. Randy Gibbs, Warden, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2023-11-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | autopsy autopsy-report confrontation-clause criminal-procedure effective-assistance expert-testimony reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment | Akin to Justice Sotomayor's Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 564 U.S. 647, 672-74 (2011) scenario; To what extent are Sixth Amendment guarantees of Confronta… |
| 21-7610 | Terry Smith v. Florida, et al. | Florida | 2022-04-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | autopsy autopsy-testimony confrontation-clause due-process evidence forensic-evidence hearsay medical-examiner sixth-amendment testimony | 1. Does Florida's practice of allowing a medical examiner to testify to an autopsy he/she did not perform violate the Confrontation Clause when the me… |
| 21-5607 | Terry R. Smith v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-09-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | autopsy autopsy-requirement black-lung-disease cause-of-death civil-rights compensation-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidence medical-evidence | A Reason(s) Wh+ Wftuse, of 4V ^p\\+- of ^ +Wis MA+feR +W (^ <3lWisioA/ / U)WcV\ is J C.A a/ you iACCuRjdely <SeWmiA^, A 4n0e, cwu^ of cW"^ U)>4Wf AV … |
| 20-5818 | Tyrone Johnston v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. | Third Circuit | 2020-09-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | autopsy certificate-of-appeal circuit-split confrontation-clause confrontation-rights constitutional-provisions district-court due-process habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason third-circuit | DID THE THIRD CIRCUIT ERR IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEAL ("COA") BASED UPON A FAILURE TO SHOW ENTITLEMENT TO RELIEF, DESPITE SATISFYING THE REQUIR… |