Bullcoming v. New Mexico

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseOutcome Defendant's conviction overturned
gptkbp:caseTypes Criminal law
09-78
gptkbp:citedBy 131 S. Ct. 2705
gptkbp:consequences State evidentiary rules
gptkbp:court 5-4 decision
Defendant's rights were violated
Strengthened_the_Confrontation_Clause_protections
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
June 23, 2011
gptkbp:filedIn April 20, 2011
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bullcoming v. New Mexico
gptkbp:impact Confrontation_rights_in_criminal_trials
gptkbp:involved State of New Mexico
Bullcoming
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
Justices_Samuel_Alito,_John_Roberts,_Anthony_Kennedy,_and_Clarence_Thomas
gptkbp:legalStatus Sixth Amendment
Confrontation Clause
Impact on the admissibility of forensic lab reports
gptkbp:notableFeature Clarified_the_application_of_the_Confrontation_Clause_to_forensic_evidence.
gptkbp:outcome Reversed_the_New_Mexico_Supreme_Court's_decision
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkbp:precedent gptkb:Crawford_v._Washington
subsequent cases involving forensic evidence
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Melendez-Diaz_v._Massachusetts
gptkbp:relatedTo forensic evidence