BIO and reply in support of petition in White v. Louisiana

I previously blogged about White v. Louisiana, in which a cert petition is pending.  You can find the documents here.  They now include the State's Brief in Opposition and the Reply Brief in support of the petition.  The case has gotten a good bit of attention.  We'll learn soon if the Court will take the case.  I think it should; the egregious result in this case is itself a demonstration that this area of confrontation law badly needs cleaning up.