No. 22-5046

James R. Butler v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2022-07-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process foreign-witness oath oath-validity witness-testimony
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the oath of a State's witness is valid in a criminal proceeding when the witness is testifying from a foreign country by video-satellite transmission and is sworn in by a notary of that foreign country, not by an official of a U.S. court

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2022-10-26
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-21
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2022-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2022)

Attorneys

Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
James R. Butler
James R. Butler — Petitioner
James R. Butler — Petitioner