No. 19-7751October Term 2019Decided Jun 1, 2020
Thrasher v. Alabama
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari submitted to Justice Thomas regarding a criminal matter from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Jun 1, 2020
- What it's about
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari submitted to Justice Thomas regarding a criminal matter from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
Question presented
Whether the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause, as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, prohibits the admission of a non-testifying co-defendant’s confession that incriminates the defendant, even if the confession is redacted to replace the defendant’s name with a neutral pronoun or symbol, when the confession still clearly refers to the defendant?
- Case path
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama / Decision released Jun 1, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
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- Mar 30, 2026
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