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Karina Rafter v. Virginia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 210183 · judgment November 4, 2021

Certiorari denied · May 16, 2022
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

Does the admission of out-of-court statements of a decedent, offered under the state-of-mind excep­ tion, violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment where there is evidence of unreliability and bias?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Cary B. Bowen
Bowen, Medina & Lindemann

For respondent
Andrew Nathan Ferguson
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 16 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 20 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
  3. Apr 13 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Feb 02 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 14, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service