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Castillo v. Virginia

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on February 22, 2021.

Docket No.20-921
Op. BelowVa. Ct. App.

Issue

(1) Whether the confrontation clause allows a non-victim child witness to testify against his father via two-way closed-circuit television when the witness cannot see his father and does not know that his father is on trial for murder; and (2) whether, given that Crawford v. Washington removed the underpinnings of Maryland v. Craig, Craig should be overruled.

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