Comments on: Today’s Orders – Four Grants http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/todays-orders-four-grants/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Stephen Aslett http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/todays-orders-four-grants/comment-page-1/#comment-14162 Stephen Aslett Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:24:36 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/todays-orders-four-grants/#comment-14162 The filings in Giles are available here: http://confrontationright.blogspot.com/2007/12/two-pending-cert-petitions.html The question presented is: Does a criminal defendant “forfeit” his or her Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause claims upon a mere showing that the defendant has caused the unavailability of a witness, as some courts have held, or must there also be an additional showing that the defendant's actions were undertaken for the purpose of preventing the witness from testifying, as other courts have held? The filings in Giles are available here:

http://confrontationright.blogspot.com/2007/12/two-pending-cert-petitions.html

The question presented is:

Does a criminal defendant “forfeit” his or her Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause claims upon a mere showing that the defendant has caused the unavailability of a witness, as some courts have held, or must there also be an additional showing that the defendant’s actions were undertaken for the purpose
of preventing the witness from testifying, as other courts have held?

]]> By: Jennifer Bontrager http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/todays-orders-four-grants/comment-page-1/#comment-14160 Jennifer Bontrager Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:17:38 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/todays-orders-four-grants/#comment-14160 Does anyone know the question presented in Giles v. California? I can't find anything on the SCOTUS website. Does anyone know the question presented in Giles v. California? I can’t find anything on the SCOTUS website.

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