No. 18-6750

Rita Pultro v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2018-11-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: codefendant codefendant-confession confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission hearsay redaction sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should a court look beyond the four corners of a nontestitying codefendant's confession to determine if introduction of the confession violates the Confrontation Clause?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION Petitioner Rita Pultro was convicted by a jury in Delaware County, Pennsylvania of First Degree Murder. At trial a nontestifying codefendant’s confession was admitted into evidence. The confession was redacted to remove Petitioner’s name yet it still referred to another person. The redacted confession directly accused the Petitioner when, considered alongside other evidence, left no other conclusion but that the person referred to in the confession was the Petitioner. . Should a court look beyond the four corners of a nontestitying codefendant’s confession to determine if introduction of the confession violates the Confrontation Clause? i

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-03-29
Brief of respondent Pennsylvania in opposition filed.
2019-02-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 1, 2019.
2019-02-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 14, 2019 to April 1, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-01-15
Response Requested. (Due February 14, 2019)
2019-01-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
2018-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 20, 2018)

Attorneys

Pennsylvania
William R. Toal IIIDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
William R. Toal IIIDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
William R. Toal IIIDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
Rita Pultro
William Patrick Wismer — Petitioner
William Patrick Wismer — Petitioner