No. 19-8391October Term 2019Decided Jun 1, 2020
Docket 19-8391October Term 2019 (2019–2020)
Coffman v. Illinois
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, filed by an indigent petitioner.
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 to the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, filed by an indigent petitioner.
Question presented
Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment is violated when a non-testifying co-defendant’s confession is admitted in a joint trial, where the confession has been redacted to replace the defendant’s name with a neutral pronoun, but the confession still clearly refers to the defendant?
- Case path
Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District / Decision released Jun 1, 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
- Methodology