Giles v. California
| Decision Date | 11 January 2008 |
| Docket Number | No. 07–6053.,07–6053. |
| Citation | 128 S.Ct. 976,76 USLW 3364,169 L.Ed.2d 800,552 U.S. 1136,76 USLW 3371 |
| Parties | Dwayne GILES, petitioner, v. CALIFORNIA. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Case below, 40 Cal.4th 833, 55 Cal.Rptr.3d 133, 152 P.3d 433.
Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California granted. Brief of petitioner to be filed on or before Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Brief of respondent to be filed on or before Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Reply brief, if any, to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court.
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State v. Bodden
...even if the wrongdoing is that same conduct for which the defendant is being prosecuted), cert. granted by Giles v. California, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 976, 169 L.Ed.2d 800 (2008). However, other jurisdictions have declined to extend the forfeiture exception to dying declarations where the ......
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Sohail v. State
...(same); People v. Giles, 40 Cal.4th 833, 55 Cal.Rptr.3d 133, 152 P.3d 433 (2007), cert. granted, Giles v. California, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 976, 169 L.Ed.2d 800 (2008)). There is a split of authority on this issue. Other states require the State show that a defendant acted with the intent......
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People v. Banos
...People v. Giles (2007) 40 Cal.4th 833 [55 Cal.Rptr.3d 133, 152 P.3d 433], certiorari granted sub nom. Giles v. California (2008) ___ U.S. ___ [169 L.Ed.2d 800, 128 S.Ct. 976] (Giles I). Under that doctrine, a defendant may forfeit the right to confront a witness when he has killed that witn......
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