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Braulio Marcelo Castillo v. Virginia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 191028 · judgment February 27, 2020

Certiorari denied · February 22, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Does the Confrontation Clause allow a non-victim child witness to testify against his father via twoway closed-circuit television when the witness cannot see his father and does not know that his father is on trial for murder?

  2. Given that Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), removed the underpinnings of Maryland v. Craig, 497 U.S. 836 (1990), should Craig be overruled?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph Douglas King
King-Campbell, PLLC

For respondent
Toby Jay Heytens
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, February 22, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 20 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  3. Jan 19 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
  4. Jan 04 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2021)