| 22-1068 |
Gary Paul Kirkman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
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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 |
| 22-885 |
South Carolina v. Angela D. Brewer |
South Carolina |
2023-03-15 |
Denied |
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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… |
| 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 |
| 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… |