Chavis v. Delaware

Petition for certiorari denied on March 8, 2021

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
20-317	Del.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2020

Issue: Whether the confrontation clause permits DNA evidence obtained as the result of a multi-analyst testing process to be introduced against the defendant at trial through one of the testing analysts who has no personal knowledge of the basis for the out-of-court testimonial statements made by the other nontestifying analysts who participated in the testing.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/04/2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2020)
09/22/2020	Waiver of right of respondent Delaware to respond filed.
09/23/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
09/28/2020	Response Requested. (Due October 28, 2020)
10/28/2020	Brief of respondent Delaware in opposition filed.
11/05/2020	Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from November 17, 2020 to November 24, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
11/09/2020	Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until November 24, 2020 granted.
11/20/2020	Reply of petitioner Dakai Chavis filed.
01/27/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
02/22/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
03/01/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
03/08/2021	Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent for the reasons set out in Stuart v. Alabama, 586 U. S. ___ (2018) (Gorsuch, J., dissenting).