Zavia L. Johnson v. United States
CriminalProcedure
Does a federal courts of appeals misapply the clearly erroneous standard of review when it upholds a district court's crediting of a law enforcement officer's testimony on a crucial issue where that testimony is contradicted by the officer's prior statements that are captured on videotape recorded at the time of the event, contrary to this Court's instruction in Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007), that a court of appeals must view the facts in a light consistent with the recording of actual events?
QUESTION PRESENTED Does a federal courts of appeals misapply the clearly erroneous standard of review when it upholds a district court’s crediting of a law enforcement officer’s testimony on a crucial issue where that testimony is contradicted by the officer’s prior statements that are captured on videotape recorded at the time of the event, contrary to this Court’s instruction in Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007), that a court of appeals must view the facts in a light consistent with the recording of actual events? il