right-to-confront

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1249 Timothy Patrick Guilfoy v. Brandon Watwood, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus jury-misconduct right-to-confront testimonial-evidence After a first trial resulted in a hung jury, Petitioner was retried and ultimately convicted of sexual assault. Suspecting foul play during trial, def…
23-6741 Gerardo Ortiz v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-confront witness-testimony The prosecutor wrongly informed the complaining witness, Monica Doe, that she had a right to refuse to testify. At trial, she exercised that purported…
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 Mr.Morin alleges that the district court erred by mischaracterizing • statements from a non-testifying witness, resulting in severe prejudice agains…
20-8307 Lamar McKnight v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause cross-examination due-process evidence expert-testimony gang-enhancement gang-expert jury-instruction natural-probable-consequences right-to-confront testimonial-hearsay I. Should a COA Have Been Granted to Decide If the Trial Court's Admission of the Gang Expert's Testimonial Hearsay Deprived McKnight of His Right to …
20-8028 Ryan Jason Brannon v. Texas Texas 2021-05-14 Denied IFP accuser available-to-testify confrontation-clause criminal-defendant cross-examination due-process right-to-confront sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the plain language of the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause gives a defendant the literal right to confront and cross-examine their accus…