No. 22-196October Term 2022Decided Jun 23, 2023
Samia v. United States
The Supreme Court held that admitting a non-testifying codefendant's redacted confession, which substitutes the defendant's name with 'other person,' does not violate the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Jun 23, 2023
- What it's about
The Supreme Court held that admitting a non-testifying codefendant's redacted confession, which substitutes the defendant's name with 'other person,' does not violate the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause. This applies when the jury is instructed to consider the confession only against the codefendant, even if context implicates the defendant.
Question presented
Does admitting a codefendant’s redacted out-of-court confession that immediately inculpates a defendant based on context violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit / Decision released Jun 23, 2023
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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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Primary materials8
Supreme Court docket 22-196
docket | Mar 30, 2026
Primary case document
Supreme Court document | Mar 30, 2026
CourtListener docket record
docket | Mar 30, 2026
Questions Presented
brief | Mar 8, 2026
Samia
opinion | Jun 23, 2023
opinion
opinion | Jun 23, 2023
Petition
brief | Aug 30, 2022
Lower Court Orders/Opinions
order | Jul 7, 2022