No. 19-1457

Matthew Hudak v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2020-07-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: brady-obligations due-process exculpatory-evidence exculpatory-material guilty-plea impeachment-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Patent Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prosecution's Brady obligations allow the prosecution to deliberately suppress relevant impeachment or exculpatory material before a guilty plea, without a showing of a good faith basis for suppression?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW: 1. Whether the prosecution’s Brady obligetions allow the prosecution to deliberately suppress relevant impeachment or exculpatory material before a_ guilty plea, without a showing of a good faith basis for suppression? 2. Whether this Court’s decision in United States v. Ruiz allows the prosecution to conceal exculpatory as well as impeachment material before a guilty plea?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Matthew Hudak
Stephen Louis RichardsLaw Office of Stephen L. Richards, Petitioner
Stephen Louis RichardsLaw Office of Stephen L. Richards, Petitioner