No. 18-8998

Juan Garcia v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deportation due-process governmental-bad-faith governmental-misconduct harmless-error material-witness sixth-amendment witness-deportation
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-05-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant must prove governmental bad faith to establish a compulsory process clause violation?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED In United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal, 458 U.S. 858 (1982), this Court recognized that the government’s deportation of a material witness can violate a criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment compulsory process right. In the ensuing years, two questions have arisen in the circuits about how a defendant may establish a compulsory process violation. This case presents a good vehicle for addressing both questions, which are: I. Whether a defendant must prove governmental bad faith to establish a compulsory process clause violation? Il. Whether, if a showing of governmental bad faith is required to establish a compulsory process clause violation, the cognizable showings are limited to either willful conduct designed to obtain a tactical advantage at trial or a departure from normal deportation procedures? i

Docket Entries

2019-05-28
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
2019-05-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-04-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 28, 2019)

Attorneys

Juan Garcia
John Carl ArceciOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent