The Confrontation Blog

This blog is devoted to reporting and commenting on developments related to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004). Crawford transformed the doctrine of the Confrontation Clause, but it left many open questions that are, and will continue to be, the subject of a great deal of litigation and academic commentary.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Bottom-side amicus briefs in Bryant

Yesterday was the due date for amicus briefs supporting the respondent (the defendant) in Michigan v. Bryant . I filed one, which you can ...

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Respondent's brief in Bryant

Here is the brief, filed yesterday, of respondent Bryant in Michigan v. Bryant . Amicus briefs supporting Bryant are due on the 23rd. I e...

Monday, June 14, 2010

Cert denied in Pendergrass (and reply brief)

As reported in a comment by an anonymous reader, the Supreme Court denied cert this morning in Pendergrass v. Indiana . I may have mroe to ...

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

State's BIO in Pendergrass

The state has filed its Brief in Opposition in Pendergrass v. Indiana . You can read it by clicking here . Sooner or later, the Court is go...

State-side amicus briefs in Bryant

The Solicitor General's Office and 36 states have filed amicus briefs on the state's side in Michigan v. Bryant . You can read the ...

Thursday, April 29, 2010

State's brief in Michigan v. Bryant

The State, which is the petitioner, has filed its brief -- a day early -- in Michigan v. Bryant , the pending case on fresh accusations. Yo...

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

More on Bryant

Some more on Bryant : Here, once again, are links to the Michigan Supreme Court opinion, from the court's website and from Westlaw . A...

Cert grant in Bryant

I was out of touch, skiing, yesterday, and am slow in reporting the news that the Supreme Crut granted cert in Michigan v. Bryant ; I had p...

Monday, January 25, 2010

Cert petition on "Who must testify?"

Sooner or later, the Supreme Court will have to resolve the question of who must testify to the substance of a lab test. Indeed, with Brisc...

G . . . VR in Briscoe

One June 25, the day the Supreme Court decided Melendez-Diaz , most observers -- including me -- confidently predicted that it would GVR Bri...

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Top 50 Criminal Justice and Criminology Blogs

I just received word that Justice City, USA, another blog, listed the Confrontation Blog as one of the top 50 Criminal Justice and Criminolo...

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Transcript in Briscoe

The Supreme Court heard argument yesterday in Briscoe v. Virginia . You can read the transcript by clicking here . I will hold substantive...

Monday, December 07, 2009

Reply brief in Briscoe

I have just served and filed the reply in Briscoe . You can read it by clicking here . The argument will be on January 11, at approximately...

Monday, November 02, 2009

Briscoe: Bottom side amicus briefs, and argument date

The Solicitor General has filed an amicus brief in support of Virginia in the Briscoe case. You can read it by clicking here . Twenty-six...

Monday, October 26, 2009

Respondent's Brief in Briscoe

The Commonwealth of Virginia has just filed its brief in Briscoe v. Virginia . You can read it by clicking here . The reply brief is due N...

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Joint Appendix in Briscoe

For anybody who might be interested, here is a link to the Joint Appendix in Briscoe

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Petitioners' Brief in Briscoe filed

I have filed the Petitioners' Brief in Briscoe v. Virginia (U.S., Supreme Court, No. 07-11191) today. You may see it by clicking here ...

Monday, June 29, 2009

Cert granted in Briscoe

As some readers already know, the Supreme Court granted cert today in Briscoe v. Virginia , on a petition I filed last year. The petition s...

Thursday, June 25, 2009

An initial reaction to the Melendez-Diaz decision

Here are some early thoughts about the majority opinion in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts , 2009 WL 1789468 , and Justice Thomas’s concurre...

Melendez-Diaz reversed

Scotusblog reports that Melendez-Doiaz has been reversed, by a 5-4 vote, with Justice Sclaia writing the majority opinion and Justice Kenned...

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