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Benjamin Ramirez Ruiz v. California

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, No. A153135 · judgment October 27, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 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

Was a statement made to a child protective services investigator testimonial for the purposes of the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause as established in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S. Ct. 1354, 158 L. Ed. 2d 177 (2003) , at least when the statement was made in the presence of, and recorded by, a police officer and there was no ongoing emergency? LIST OF ALL PARTIES Petitioner BENJAMIN RAMIREZ RUIZ. Respondent PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul Gilruth McCarthy
Law Offices of Beles & Beles

For respondent
Seth Kasel Schalit
Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 28 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 21 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent People of the State of California to respond filed.
  4. Jun 29 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 11, 2021)