unavailable-witness

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A623 Bruce E. Alexander v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-12-23 Presumed Complete corroborating-circumstances criminal-procedure evidence-rule-804 exculpatory-statement hearsay-exception unavailable-witness Question not identified.
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…
22-5754 Jamal Laurent v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-conviction district-court insufficient-evidence joint-trial joint-trials missing-witness missing-witness-instruction rico-act rico-statute unavailable-witness warrantless-seizure witness-statement 1. Whether RICO is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c)? 2. Whether the district court erred when it admitted Merritt's statements or alternat…
20-5297 Demarius Bridges v. Illinois Illinois 2020-08-07 Denied IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-testimony right-to-confrontation sixth-amendment standing testimonial-hearsay unavailable-witness 2. Can unconfronted testimonial hearsay be used to secure the admission at trial of other unconfronted testimonial hearsay? 3. Did the state fail to …