codefendant-confession
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-196 | Adam Samia, aka Sal, aka Adam Samic v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-09-01 | Judgment Issued | Amici (7) | codefendant-confession confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence out-of-court-statement redaction sixth-amendment | Whether admitting a codefendant's redacted out-of-court confession that immediately inculpates a defendant based on the surrounding context violates t… |
| 21-6098 | Hector Enamorado, aka Vida Loca v. United States | First Circuit | 2021-10-27 | Denied | IFP | bruton-doctrine bruton-v-united-states codefendant-confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure evidence multi-defendant-trial multi-defendant-trials rico-conspiracy sixth-amendment | Petitioner Hector Enamorado was convicte d on a single count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), … |
| 20-8046 | Shawn Bishop v. Chad Wakefield, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. | Third Circuit | 2021-05-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | codefendant-confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure curative-instruction due-process ineffective-assistance scant-evidence witness-testimony | 1. Does a curative instruction remedy a Confrontation Clause violation where the evidence used to convict is scant and the codefendant's alleged confe… |
| 19-7309 | James Milton Dailey v. Florida | Florida | 2020-01-15 | Denied | Amici (5)Relisted (5)IFP | capital-punishment chambers-exception chambers-v-mississippi codefendant-confession due-process fifth-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence innocence parole third-party-confession | Since being convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1987, Petitioner James Dailey has steadfastly maintained his innocence. No eyewitness, physi… |
| 18-6750 | Rita Pultro v. Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 2018-11-20 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP | codefendant codefendant-confession confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission hearsay redaction sixth-amendment | Should a court look beyond the four corners of a nontestifying codefendant's confession to determine if introduction of the confession violates the Co… |