state-of-mind-exception
2 cases — ← All topics
| 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 … |