No. 19-7948October Term 2019Decided May 4, 2020
Davis v. Johnson
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Davis against Johnson, appealing a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 4, 2020
- What it's about
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Davis against Johnson, appealing a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Question presented
Whether the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause, as interpreted in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), and its progeny, is violated when a trial court admits a non-testifying co-defendant’s confession that names the defendant and describes his role in the crime, even if the confession is redacted to replace the defendant’s name with a neutral pronoun and the jury is given a limiting instruction?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit / Decision released May 4, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
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