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Gail M. Ritchey v. Ohio
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Ohio, Geauga County, No. 2022-G-0025 · judgment May 15, 2023
Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
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
Does the admission of an autopsy report and testimony from a doctor who neither participated in the autopsy nor prepared the report violate the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Steven Larry Bradley
Marein and Bradley
For respondent
Nicholas Andrew Burling
Geauga County Prosecutor's Office
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Sep 24 2024Reply of petitioner Gail M. Ritchey filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 12 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- May 30 2024Brief amicus curiae of Office of the Ohio Public Defender filed.
- May 29 2024Brief of respondent Ohio in opposition filed.
- Apr 26 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 31, 2024)
- Feb 28 2024Application (23A794) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until April 27, 2024.
- Feb 16 2024Application (23A794) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 27, 2024 to April 27, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.