Crawford-v-Washington

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23-6952 Frantz Brifil v. Florida Florida 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-law hearsay out-of-court-statements sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the state court violated the mandate of Crawford and progeny by introducing a nontestifying witness's out-of-court statements?
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
23-6350 Brady Franklin v. Illinois Illinois 2023-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause craig-precedent crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington intellectual-disability maryland-v-craig public-policy sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the balancing test created by Maryland v. Craig is still good law after Crawford v. Washington, and if so, whether extending its exemption for…
23-6343 Patrick Bowie v. Mark Miller, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP authentication confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence-authentication hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington Is the right to confrontation violated when inculpatory letters are admitted into evidence without a statement by a handwriting expert?
23-6072 James Richards v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-v-washington crawford-violation criminal-procedure evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence Whether the admission of a deceased witness's testimonial video statement violated the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause, despite defense counsel's…
23A37 Patrick Bowie v. William Lee, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-07-14 Presumed Complete confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Whether the admission of an unproduced witness's statements without the defendant's opportunity to confront the witness violates the Sixth Amendment C…
22-7846 Vance Collins v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-v-united-states codefendant codefendant-statement confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure hearsay out-of-court-statement sixth-amendment Whether a defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause are violated by the admission of a non-testifying codefendant's out-of-court statement
22-1068 Gary Paul Kirkman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts sane-records sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in denying Gary Paul Kirkman's request for a certificate of appealability
22-7075 Dennis Morgan Hicks v. Alabama Alabama 2023-03-22 Denied IFP child-witnesses confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-defendant hearsay prior-statements sixth-amendment testimonial-statements witness-testimony Whether a criminal defendant is deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him
22-885 South Carolina v. Angela D. Brewer South Carolina 2023-03-15 Denied confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure expert-testimony forensic-evidence forensic-pathology melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts ohio-v-clark sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements Whether lab results requested not by law enforcement but by a forensic pathologist to assist in making a routine cause of death determination are test…
22-6462 Jerome K. Ta'afulisia v. Washington Washington 2023-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington evidence-creation law-enforcement-solicitation michigan-v-bryant ohio-v-clark police-investigation primary-purpose-test sixth-amendment testimonial-statement Is a statement testimonial for purposes of the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment when the speaker talks with a trusted family member who is …
22-6292 Ryan L. Bessert v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process maryland-v-craig ohio-v-roberts two-way-video witness-testimony Does testimony taken using two-way video violate the Confrontation Clause?
22-511 Thomas Dixon v. Texas Texas 2022-12-02 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-error courtroom-closure crawford-doctrine crawford-v-washington due-process hearsay-confession hearsay-exception hemphill-v-new-york recantations sufficiency-of-the-evidence Should Crawford be a one-way street?
22-450 Gregory Shields, Sr. v. Kentucky Kentucky 2022-11-15 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-standard crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing state-court-division state-court-split witness-testimony When, if ever, does a preliminary hearing provide an 'adequate opportunity' for cross-examination under the Confrontation Clause?
22-6009 David Matthew Carter v. South Carolina South Carolina 2022-11-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure confrontation-clause courtroom-removal Crawford-v-Washington criminal-procedure due-process Maryland-v-Craig sixth-amendment trial-rights witness-testimony Sixth-Amendment-right-to-be-present
22-5426 Joseph Antonetti v. Timothy Filson, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied IFP autopsy-report certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-examiner Did the courts below err in denying a Certificate of Appealability to review the holdings of the district court and the Nevada Supreme Court that Mr. …
22-155 Hiral M. Patel v. Connecticut Connecticut 2022-08-18 Denied Response Waived bourjaily-v-united-states confrontation-clause confrontation-rights crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure davis-v-washington due-process dutton-v-evans evidence-admission michigan-v-bryant penal-interest testimonial-statement Whether a statement against penal interest made by an inmate/declarant can qualify as a 'testimonial' statement under Crawford v. Washington
22-5247 Luckens Petit v. Florida Florida 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bond-hearing confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence florida-arthur-bond-hearing sixth-amendment Whether the Florida Arthur/Bond hearing satisfies the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause requirement as explained in Crawford v. Washington
21-8237 Odece Dempsean Hill v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington forensic-nurse-examiner melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts ninth-circuit sexual-assault sexual-assault-victim testimonial-statements Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to introduce the testimonial statements of a non-testifying sexual-assault-victim lay-witness
21-8054 Carlos Johnson v. Dan Reddington, Warden Missouri 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law habeas-corpus hearsay probation-revocation Whether criminal defendants in probation revocation proceedings should be provided a more robust right to confrontation under the due process clause, …
21-7109 Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-14 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington due-process forensic-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice whether-trial-counsel-was-ineffective-for-failing-to-object-to-forensic-dna-evidence
21-5830 Bradley David Johnson v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied IFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence sixth-amendment Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment was violated when the trial court admitted testimonial statements of a non-testifying witness
21-5438 Noe Gerardo Morin v. Bobby Lumpkin. Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP brady-disclosure confrontation-clause crawford-standard crawford-v-washington fundamental-fairness hearsay hearsay-statement ineffective-counsel non-testimonial prejudice right-to-confront testimonial Would a reasonable jurist find error in the District Court's assessment that hearsay statement in the case at bar was 'non testimonial' according to t…
21-39 Benjamin Ramirez Ruiz v. California California 2021-07-12 Denied Response Waived child-protective-services confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence-law ongoing-emergency sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence testimonial-statement Was a statement made to a child protective services investigator testimonial for the purposes of the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause
20-8416 Raul Ramos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process hearsay-evidence sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment united-states-v-haymond Whether the district court's reliance on hearsay evidence to impose a guideline sentence of life violates Ramos's right to confront and cross-examine …
20-7990 Jose Meza v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-v-united-states co-defendant-statements co-defendants confrontation-clause constitutional-procedure crawford-v-washington criminal-evidence informant ninth-circuit-interpretation testimonial testimonial-statements Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) effectively and silently overruled Bruton v. United States, 391 U…
20-1470 Thomas A. Jeffrey v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-04-20 Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process emergency-medical-treatment evidence-collection sexual-assault testimonial-evidence Whether statements made by a suspected sexual assault victim at the emergency room to hospital personnel during the sexual assault evidence collection…
20-921 Braulio Marcelo Castillo v. Virginia Virginia 2021-01-08 Denied Response Waived child-witness closed-circuit-testimony confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-trial due-process maryland-v-craig sixth-amendment Does the Confrontation Clause allow a non-victim child witness to testify against his father via two-way closed-circuit television when the witness ca…
20-5805 Ian Resnick v. United States Third Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fraud-loss overview-testimony sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment testimonial-statements Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the admission of an accuser's statement against a criminal defendant under the guise of 'overview testimony'
20-5257 Jimmy McLain Moore v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment law-enforcement right-to-confrontation sixth-amendment witness-communication Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to decide an important Federal Question regarding the right of a Defendant to confront witnesses aga…
19-8803 Bennie Adams v. Ohio Ohio 2020-06-24 Denied IFP autopsy-report confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence-law sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence Is an autopsy report testimonial evidence that demands confrontation under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), and the Sixth Amendment to the …
19-7802 Fernando Ramirez Noria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alienage confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington essential-element federal-rules-of-evidence Hearsay non-testifying-agents sixth-amendment Did the admission of the non-testifying agents' reports of their interviews of the defendant to prove alienage, an essential element of the offense, v…
19-7599 Tracey Smith-Kilpatrick v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP business-records confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington evidence-rule federal-rule-of-evidence-803(6) federal-rules-of-evidence government-use hearsay hearsay-exception record-reliability sixth-circuit testimonial-statement testimonial-statements Whether business records qualify as inadmissible hearsay
19-7485 Michael J. Aguon v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-crawford-v-washington crawford-v-washington due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel gang-expert ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-v-arizona miranda-warnings police-investigation police-officer-gang-expert prosecutorial-misconduct testimonial-hearsay Whether the prosecution's gang expert's hearsay testimony violated Crawford v. Washington
19-7246 Keith Harris v. United States Third Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-rule crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay informants law-enforcement-testimony lay-opinion-testimony right-to-counsel sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the admission of law enforcement testimony that goes to whether a defendant was a participant in a conspiracy based on information provided by…
19-7218 Oscar Amezcua Cabrera v. California California 2020-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-principles crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington due-process dying-declaration-exception fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hearsay hearsay-exception hearsay-rule prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay whether-dying-declaration-exception-overrides-crawford-v-washington
19-7000 David Constance v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP crawford-v-washington fair-trial fourteenth-amendment hearsay-testimony impartial-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence sixth-amendment Whether Mr. Constance was denied a fair and impartial trial due to the State Courts' denial of hearsay testimony
19-5310 Rodolfo Cantu, Jr., aka Lil Rudy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-right crawford-v-washington due-process fifth-amendment hearsay sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-proceedings sixth-amendment Was the enhancement for a credible threat improper considering the district court's partial reliance on hearsay facts outside the record, which violat…
19-6 New York v. Jahmarley Jones New York 2019-06-28 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure gang-evidence police-investigation police-investigations sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements Whether statements made by individuals during routine police investigations — prior to the commission of a specific crime, the identification of a sus…
18-9555 Kenneth Thomas v. Robert Marsh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Benner Township Third Circuit 2019-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP autopsy-report confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington cross-examination fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts sixth-amendment strickland-standard testimonial-evidence Whether the introduction of an autopsy report which was presented as substantive evidence but not testified to by its author violates the Sixth and Fo…
18-9428 Robert L. Jenkins v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction bullcoming-v-new-mexico civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law forensic-evidence judicial-review melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts testimonial-statements Whether the testimonial statements of witnesses about forensic testing may be admitted only where the declarant is unavailable, and only where the def…
18-9352 Donald C. Ridley v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting Bullcoming-v-New-Mexico confrontation-clause Crawford-v-Washington due-process griffin-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions rosemond-v-united-states strickland-standard Strickland-v-Washington yates-v-united-states Does a lower Court's admission that a aiding and abetting jury instruction was erroneous in light of this Court decision in Rosemond v. United States,…
18-8902 Gustav Kloszewski v. United States Second Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation Crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility precedent sixth-amendment testimonial-statements Did the lower court fail to follow this Court's precedent in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004)?
18-8862 Roderick White v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-04-17 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process evidence memory-loss testimonial-hearsay united-states-v-owens Whether the rule of United States v. Owens, 484 U.S. 554 (1988), as used by courts to admit testimonial hearsay from witnesses not amenable to cross-e…
18-1181 Tim Shoop, Warden v. Ahmad Fawzi Issa Sixth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Relisted (2) aedpa aedpa-standard confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington due-process federal-court-review habeas-corpus retroactivity sixth-amendment state-prisoner-rights supreme-court-precedent Whether a state prisoner's conviction is constitutional under current Supreme Court precedent, even if it violated now-overruled precedent at the time…
18-8379 John Anthony Dobbs v. Texas Texas 2019-03-11 Denied IFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-standard crawford-v-washington due-process evidence forensic-evidence medical-examination medical-forensic medical-forensic-purpose sane-nurse sane-nurse-examination testimonial-statement testimonial-statements Whether statements obtained during a 'sane nurse' examination have become 'testimonial' for purposes of the Confrontation Clause under Crawford v. Was…
18-7675 Eric Hayes v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abstract-approach circuit-court collateral-appeal constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-appeal daubert-v-merrell-dow double-jeopardy federal-rules-of-evidence illinois-v-vitale sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent whalen-v-united-states Whether the circuit court departed from the established rules of Whalen v. United States and Illinois v. Vitale regarding the double jeopardy clause
18-7416 Javier Solis v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied IFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington hearsay hearsay-exception jury-instructions jury-interpretation police-testimony sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence truth-of-the-matter-asserted Whether 'testimonial' or 'non-testimonial' should be the only factor in deciding whether Crawford's protection should apply
18-7165 Drakile Leroy Jones v. Michigan Michigan 2018-12-21 Denied IFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence michigan-supreme-court sixth-amendment standing state-court-appeal supervisory-power williamson-v-united-states Whether the decision of the Michigan Court of Appeals conflicts with Crawford v. Washington?
18-6909 Albert Andrew Lucero v. Kim Holland, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-rule bruton-v-united-states co-defendant confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-rights crawford-analysis crawford-v-washington harmless-error joint-trial sixth-amendment testimonial-statement Was the California Court of Appeal's decision contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, this Court's jurisprudence holding that the Sixth Amendm…
18-6885 Stephen Anthony Marquez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-30 Denied IFP business-records confrontation-clause constitutional-amendments crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-records sixth-amendment Does Due Process to cross-examine still apply in all criminal cases?
18-6845 Edward Mitchell v. Lawrence Mahally, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP clearly-established-law confrontation-clause constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process greene-v-fisher habeas habeas-corpus habeas-statute retroactivity Whether the habeas statute can be reinterpreted to allow application of a later Supreme Court decision to deny relief that would otherwise obtain base…
18-6666 Oscar Sosa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process expert-testimony plain-error-review prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-credibility Whether a federal agent's testimony about an out-of-court agent's report of drug trafficking by an unindicted coconspirator violates the Confrontation…
18-6183 Reginald Lynch v. Hilton Hall, Jr., Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure davis-v-washington dying-declaration hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Does petitioner receive ineffective assistance of counsel when trial counsel fails to object to testimony from a witness repeating the statements of a…
18-6060 James Chavez v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay-exception preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment testimonial-statements witness-unavailability Whether a prosecution can admit prior testimonial statements, including a video-taped interview, of a witness that died prior to trial and where defen…
18-5778 Jon Duke DePriest v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus hearsay sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay Whether petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him were violated
18-5726 Ruben Cazares v. Texas Texas 2018-08-23 Denied IFP accomplice-statements bruton-error bruton-evidence bruton-v-united-states confrontation-clause crawford crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility harmless-error prejudice prejudicial-evidence separate-trials special-prejudice trial-procedure Whether lower courts correctly evaluate the harmfulness of Bruton error without accounting for the devastating 'special prejudice' to the accused that…
18-5442 Craig Alan Wall, Sr. v. Florida Florida 2018-08-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-punishment constitutional-rights crawford-standard crawford-v-washington due-process fifth-amendment forced-appeal fourteenth-amendment hearsay-exception separation-of-powers sixth-amendment unreasonable-determination-of-facts Whether Florida Statute § 90.804(2)(f) violates the Sixth Amendment and Due Process rights of defendants, whether a state court can force a defendant …
18-5399 Joseph Andrew Perez v. California California 2018-07-30 Denied IFP autopsy-report autopsy-reports confrontation-clause crawford-standard crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure homicide-investigation homicide-investigations sixth-amendment testimonial testimonial-evidence Whether an autopsy report created as part of a homicide investigation, and asserting that the death was caused by homicide, is 'testimonial' under the…