Virginia Code Sections 19.2-187 and 19.187.1, as they were written before August 21, 2009, governed the admissibility into evidence of certificates of analysis. See Virginia Code §§ 19.2-187, 19.187,1 (displaying the 2009 amendments to...
confrontation clause
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A jury convicted Petitioner Donald Bullcoming of aggravated Driving While Intoxicated (DWI); he was sentenced to two years in prison. See New Mexico v. Bullcoming, 226 P.3d 1, 4–5 (N.M. 2010). Bullcoming appealed, but the New Mexico Court of Appeals...
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At 11:54 a.m. on February 1, 2001, a 911 operator in Kent, Washington, picked up a call only to hear a dial tone — the party on the other end had hung up before speaking. Brief for Respondent at 1, State v. Davis, 154 Wash.2d 291, 295...
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On April 6, 2006, Ronell Gilliam and a black man wearing a blue top got into a physical fight with others in the Bronx. People v. Hemphill at 472. Shortly after that fight, this other man pulled a gun and opened fire. Id. This shooting caused a stray...
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Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (07-591)
Oral argument: Nov. 10, 2008
Appealed from: Appeals Court of Massachusetts (July 31, 2007)
CONFRONTATION CLAUSE, SIXTH AMENDMENT, CRAWFORD v. WASHINGTON, DRUG... (LIIBULLETIN preview)
On April 29, 2001, Detroit police officers found Anthony Covington lying on the ground next to his car in a gas station, with a gunshot wound in his abdomen. Covington, in response to the officers’ immediate questions about what happened, replied that...
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T.T. had two children, L.P. and A.T., and lived with her boyfriend Darius Clark. See State v. Clark, 999 N.E.2d 592, 594 (Ohio 2013). While L.P., T.T.’s three-year-old son, was at the William Patrick Day Head Start Center in Cleveland, Ohio, on March...
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The Sixth Amendment provides that a person accused of a crime has the right to confront a witness against him or her in a criminal action. This includes the right to be present at the trial (which is guaranteed by the Federal Rules of...
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Adam Samia was employed as a security guard and, in 2011, traveled to the Philippines to work for a company called Echelon Associates. Brief for Petitioner, Adam Samia at 8. Echelon was a front company for the operations of Paul LeRoux, a South African...
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On February 10, 2000, 22-year-old L.J. walked home after her shift as a clothing store cashier in Chicago. See People v. Williams, 238 Ill. 2d 125, 129 (Ill. 2010). L.J. testified that as she walked by an alley, defendant Sandy Williams came up behind...