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DeMichael Tyrone Moore and Derrick Darnell Moore v. Tennessee

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Division, No. M-2018-01764-CCA-R3-CD · judgment May 15, 2020

Certiorari denied · April 26, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Confrontation Clause is violated by admitting a prior recorded statement of a witness who testifies he has no memory of making the statement or the underlying events, thereby denying a defendant the “opportunity for effective cross-examination.”

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Patrick Timothy McNally
McNally Law

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 26 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 07 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
  3. Feb 12 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 22, 2021)