No. 18-1408

John Washek v. Vermont

Lower Court: Vermont
Docketed: 2019-05-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: complete-defense constitutional-rights criminal-behavior criminal-charge criminal-procedure due-process evidence-presentation fourth-amendment innocent-behavior probable-cause reasonable-suspicion right-to-defense terry-stop
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2019-06-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Defendant/Petitioner John Washek's Fourth Amendment rights were violated because the police officer's Terry stop was based on observations much more consistent with innocent than criminal behavior

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether John Washek’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated because the police officer’s Terry stop was based on observations much more consistent with innocent than criminal behavior. 2. Whether the trial court denied Defendant/ Petitioner John Washek’s constitutional right to present a complete defense to the criminal charge brought against him when he was barred from showing the jury the remaining portion of his processing video not shown by the State.

Docket Entries

2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-05-22
Waiver of right of respondent Vermont to respond filed.
2019-03-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 10, 2019)

Attorneys

JOHN WASHEK
Peter Forbes LangrockLangrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Petitioner
Vermont
Benjamin Daniel BattlesOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent