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Tracy Will Vaughn v. Arkansas
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Arkansas, No. CR-19-591 · judgment October 8, 2020
Certiorari denied · April 26, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether, consistent with the constitutional right to present a defense, a state may declare a sexual assault accuser's counseling records absolutely privileged even when the counseling is used to develop the accuser's testimony and the counseling is conceded by the prosecutor to be the basis for the development of the charge.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey Marx Rosenzweig
For respondent
Michael Anthony Cantrell
Office of the Arkansas Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 26 2021Petition DENIED.
- Apr 07 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
- Apr 05 2021Waiver of right of respondent State of Arkansas to respond filed.
- Feb 26 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2021)