marital-privilege

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-7243 Dieudruch Emmanuel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances marital-privilege prejudicial-evidence probative-value witness-testimony Whether the marital privilege warrants limiting the wife's testimony under extraordinary circumstances when failure to do so will allow highly prejudi…
18-9380 Miguel Daniel Leal v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel marital-communications-privilege marital-privilege ninth-circuit-review sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights state-courts supervisory-power supreme-court-dicta Is SCOTUS dicta authoritative?