state-of-mind-exception

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-879 James Timothy Norman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-split evidentiary-standard federal-rule-evidence fifth-amendment state-of-mind-exception witness-testimony 1. Given that the Eighth Circuit is the lone holdout in an 11-1 circuit split on the meaning of Federal Rule of Evidence 803(3), should the Eighth Cir…
21-1247 Karina Rafter v. Virginia Virginia 2022-03-15 Denied Response Waived bias confrontation-clause out-of-court-statements reliability sixth-amendment state-of-mind-exception unreliability Does the admission of out-of-court statements of a decedent, offered under the state-of-mind exception, violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth …