right-to-confrontation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5453 Hugo F. Marquez v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Ninth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interview-tapes right-to-confrontation sex-abuse-case sex-crimes trial-procedure Should the Ninth Circuit have denied Marquez's motion for a certificate of appealability on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel
21-7501 Helen Tyne Mayfield v. Texas Texas 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus right-to-confrontation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-in-abstentia Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals abused its discretion in not reviewing a petition for discretionary review and writ of habeas corpus for m…
20-637 Darrell Hemphill v. New York New York 2020-11-10 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence evidence-law hearsay-exception right-to-confrontation testimonial-hearsay trial-strategy Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant who opens the door to responsive evidence also forfeits his right to exclude evidence other…
20-5297 Demarius Bridges v. Illinois Illinois 2020-08-07 Denied IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-testimony right-to-confrontation sixth-amendment standing testimonial-hearsay unavailable-witness Can unconfrented testimonial hearsay be used as hearsay admission at trial?
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…
19-6180 Dannie Joe Farnum v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied IFP child-competency confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial hearsay prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-confrontation right-to-fair-trial Whether the trial court violated a defendant's right to due process by admitting the prior statements of a 4 year old child without any inquiry into t…
18-9281 Randy Burke v. Diane Prosper, Acting Warden, et al. Virgin Islands 2019-05-15 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-law expert-testimony ineffective-assistance jury-instructions right-to-confrontation trial-counsel Whether the counsel's failure to cross-examine the main witness Beatrice Lawrence constituted ineffective assistance of counsel
18-1079 Javier Flores Gaytan v. Michael Hardee Fourth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied actual-innocence constitutional-standard criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-confrontation right-to-fair-trial summary-witness wire-recording Whether a State may obtain a criminal conviction and 37-year prison sentence against a defendant where the primary evidence of guilt was a wire-record…
18-5545 Carlos David Lopez v. California California 2018-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health-records plea-bargaining right-to-compulsory-process right-to-confrontation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does a trial court's refusal to review privileged mental health records of the complaining witness violate the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights?
18-5453 Mark Elliott v. Carmen Denise Palmer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation confrontation-clause due-process due-process-brady-v-maryland favorable-to-accused hearsay-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel material-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct remand-for-coa right-to-confrontation sixth-amendment whether-under-brady-and-its-progeny-the-prosecution's-intentional-nondisclosure-of-petitioner's-requested-911-audio-recordings-requires-his-conviction…
18-5183 Christopher M. Holmes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-security-officer due-process grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-be-present right-to-confrontation right-to-counsel solitary-confinement standing testimony Whether the standard for ineffective assistance of counsel has been met when court-appointed trial counsel admits that she failed to confer with the c…