No. 18-9261
Calmer Cottier v. United States
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights cooperating-witness due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-deliberation prosecutor-stipulation prosecutorial-misconduct stipulation truthfulness witness-credibility witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2019-12-06
(distributed 7 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the use of a prosecutor's stipulation that a cooperating witness is testifying truthfully violate the constitutional guarantees of a fair trial, due process, and an impartial jury?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED When the only evidence offered to support a murder conviction is the testimony of the government’s cooperating witnesses, does it violate the Constitutional guarantees of a fair trial, due process, and an impartial jury when the jury is permitted to take an official court document into its deliberations wherein the prosecutor stipulates the government’s star witness is testifying truthfully? i
Docket Entries
2019-12-09
Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-9261_4256.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2019-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-19
Rescheduled.
2019-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-11-12
Rescheduled.
2019-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-11-04
Rescheduled.
2019-11-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-15
Rescheduled.
2019-10-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-10-07
Rescheduled.
2019-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-09-20
Reply of petitioner Calmer Cottier filed.
2019-09-09
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-08-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 9, 2019.
2019-08-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 9, 2019 to September 9, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-07-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 9, 2019.
2019-07-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 10, 2019 to August 9, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-06-10
Response Requested. (Due July 10, 2019)
2019-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-05-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-05-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2019)
Attorneys
Calmer Cottier
Nathaniel Forrest Nelson — Nelson Law, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent