No. 20-1132

DeMichael Tyrone Moore and Derrick Darnell Moore v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2021-02-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination effective-cross-examination federal-law hearsay-exception memory-loss prior-recorded-statement witness-testimony
Latest Conference: 2021-04-23
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Confrontation Clause is violated by admitting a prior recorded statement of a witness who testifies he has no memory of making the statement or the underlying events, thereby denying a defendant the "opportunity for effective cross-examination."

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Confrontation Clause is violated by admitting a prior recorded statement of a witness who testifies he has no memory of making the statement or the underlying events, thereby denying a defendant the 'opportunity for effective cross-examination'

Docket Entries

2021-04-26
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
2021-02-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 22, 2021)

Attorneys

DeMichael Moore, et al.
Patrick Timothy McNallyMcNally Law, Petitioner