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Adam Samia, aka Sal, aka Adam Samic, Petitioner v. United States
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June 23, 2023
Justices Side With Gov't Over Use Of Redacted Confessions
The Supreme Court ruled in a split decision Friday that a criminal defendant's constitutional rights were not violated when the trial judge allowed prosecutors to admit into evidence the confession of a non-testifying codefendant, since the defendant's name was redacted and jurors were given limiting instructions.
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March 29, 2023
Justices Eye Fix To Co-Defendant Confession Rule
Some U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested Wednesday that courts should consider a trial's broader context when deciding whether jurors can see a co-defendant's redacted confession, suggesting a bright-line approach leads to nonsensical results.
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March 24, 2023
Up Next At High Court: Inducing Migration, Speech Or Crime?
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a major patent battle between pharmaceutical giants, as well as a challenge to a statute making it a crime to encourage illegal immigration that has vexed the justices in recent years.
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February 02, 2023
Co-Defendant Confession Use Unconstitutional, Justices Hear
A man convicted of murder for hire told the U.S. Supreme Court that the use of his co-defendant's supposedly anonymized confession at trial violated the Constitution by allowing the jury to glean the petitioner's identity even though he could not cross-examine the confessing co-defendant.
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December 13, 2022
Top Court Takes Up Case Over Co-Defendant Confessions
In accepting the appeal Tuesday of a man convicted of murder for hire, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether courts violate the confrontation clause when juries hear redacted co-defendant confessions that become glaringly inculpatory in light of other testimony.