No. 18-8279

George Wayne Brooks v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2019-03-05
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-law constitutional-standards criminal-procedure due-process evidence-determination federal-law fraud-on-the-court judicial-process newly-presented-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Punishment CriminalProcedure Patent Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2019-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the United States has a substantial interest in preventing the risk of injustice to defendant and an interest in the public's confidence in the judicial process not being undermined

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ; 1. WHETHER THE UNITED STATES HAS A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN PREVENTING THE RISK OF INJUSTICE TO DEFENDANT AND ANINTEREST IN THE PUBLIC’S CONFIDENCE IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS ; NOT BEING UNDERMINED? 2. WHETHER THE STATE COURT’S DECISION CONCERNING BRADY LAW WAS AN UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF CLEARLY ESTABLISHED : . FEDERAL LAW AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT? 3. WHETHER THE STATE COURTS ENTERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH ITS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES, DECISIONAL LAW AND CONSTITUTION ON THE SAME IMPORTANT MATTER AS WELL AS DECIDED AN IMPORTANT FEDERAL QUESTION ON NEWLY PRESENTED EVIDENCE IN A WAY THAT CONFLICTS WITH THIS COURT AND DEPARTED FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AND FEDERAL LAW? a. WHETHER THE SUPERIOR’S COURT’S DECISION THAT CHARGING INSTRUMENT IS NOT NEWLY PRESENTED EVIDENCE IS AN UNREASONABLE DETERMINATION OF FACTS IN LIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO ; THE STATE COURT AND AN UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF FEDERAL , LAW AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT? 4, DID THE STATE COURT WILLFULLY FAIL TO DECIDE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION OF FEDERAL LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION ON FRAUD ON ; THE COURT WHICH HAS BEEN SETTLED BY FEDERAL LAW AND BY THIS COURT? : i.

Docket Entries

2019-04-29
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2019-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-03-27
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2019-02-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Karen T. EdwardsOffice of the District Attorney, Respondent
Karen T. EdwardsOffice of the District Attorney, Respondent
George Wayne Brooks
George R. Brooks — Petitioner
George R. Brooks — Petitioner