No. 18-9591

Brandon Wayne Taylor v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-06-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit interstate-evidence standing state-law-conflict texas-law
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When evidence is illegally obtained in violation of California laws can Texas legally benefit from this illegal act by allowing this evidence in a Texas criminal trial on the premise that such an act would not have been a violation of Texas law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED a 1. When evidence is illegally obtained in violation of California laws can Texas legally benefit from this illegal act by allowing this evidence in a Texas criminal trial on the premise that such an act would not have been a violation of Texas law? ; 2. Does it violate “Federal law” pursuant to the Full Faith and Credit Clause in Article IV of the U.S. Constitution for Texas to sanction the deliberate violation of California law in order to obtain evidence in a Texas criminal trial? 3. In a Brady Violation, what level of deference is the State entitled in determining whether they had knowledge of information that could lead to exculpatory evidence? i

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Brandon W. Taylor
Brandon Wayne Taylor — Petitioner
Brandon Wayne Taylor — Petitioner