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No. 19-7751October Term 2019Decided Jun 1, 2020

Docket 19-7751October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

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
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedJun 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

Grounding

Grounding
Primary-source trail available.
Note
Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
Checked
Mar 30, 2026
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