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Whether the new rule announced in Crawford v. Washington applies retroactively to cases on collateral review under the Teague v. Lane framework

2 federal appellate cases on this question, each acknowledging the disagreement in its own words.

  1. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · April 18, 2006

    “The Circuit Split Several circuit courts of appeal have addressed the retroactivity of Crawford.” — Acknowledges a circuit split
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  2. In re Rutherford437 F3D 1125

    Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · January 30, 2006

    “Rutherford acknowledges that there is a split among the circuits about whether the Crawford decision is retroactively applicable under the Teague v.” — Acknowledges a circuit split
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The provision at issue

28 U.S.C. § 2244 — Finality of determination
“(a) No circuit or district judge shall be required to entertain an application for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the detention of a person pursuant to a judgment of a court of the United States if it appears that the legality of such detention has been determined by a judge or court of the United States on a prior application for a writ of habeas corpus, except as provided in section 2255. (b)(1) A claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under section 2254 that was presented in a prior application shall be …”
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The other side of the split

Decisions the acknowledging court(s) named as the opposing or joined side, quoted in the acknowledging opinion's own words.

What the split turns on

Anchor precedents:
Crawford v. Washington541 U.S. 36
Statutes:
28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(A) ·
§ 2244(b)(2)(B)(ii)
Doctrines & tests:
Teague v. Lane framework ·
watershed rule of criminal procedure
Constitutional provisions:
Eighth Amendment

Cases are grouped by the legal question they announce a split on, classified from the court's own acknowledgment sentence. Verified acknowledgments only. Counter-side decisions are extracted from the acknowledging opinions' own text and linked only when the citation resolves in this corpus. See all circuit splits.