No. 18-9666

Jose Hernandez v. Massachusetts

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2019-06-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment prejudice-standard prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct witness-impeachment
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1, Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated where, in reviewing a defendant’s a Fourteenth Amendment Due Process violation claim under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and its progeny, based on the prosecution’s failure to disclose favorable evidence to a defendant facing trial, an appellate court applies a prejudice standard requiring a defendant seeking reversal of a conviction (1) to | demonstrate a substantial risk that the jury would have reached a different conclusion if | the undisclosed evidence had been admitted at trial; and (2) to demonstrate that the undisclosed evidence is relevant for reasons other than the impeachment of a witness. | | | | \ | il | \ i |

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-19
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Massachusetts to respond filed.
2019-05-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Thomas Edward BocianOffice of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent
Thomas Edward BocianOffice of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent
Jose Hernandez
David H. MirskyAttorney at Law, Petitioner
David H. MirskyAttorney at Law, Petitioner