No. 18-8332October Term 2018Decided May 13, 2019
Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, et al., Petitioners v. Tony Parker, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Corrections, et al.
from the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Middle Division.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 13, 2019
- What it's about
from the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Middle Division.
Question presented
Does a state deprive condemned prisoners of due process when, to defeat a challenge to the state’s method of execution, state officials rely on and the state courts credit testimony regarding privileged communications that the prisoners could not effectively challenge through cross-examination or otherwise because they were barred from reviewing the privileged material and from access to the witnesses covered by the privilege?
- Case path
Supreme Court of Tennessee, Middle Division / Decision released May 13, 2019
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
Timing
Decided May 13, 2019
The Court released its decision on May 13, 2019 without hearing oral argument.
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