No. 19-5470

Spencer Tracy Holloway v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2019-08-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: brady-violation constitutional-claim due-process federal-question liberty-interest michigan-state-law post-conviction prosecutorial-disclosure sixth-judicial-circuit state-law supreme-court-rule-10
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court for Oakland County decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the decision of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) holding?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED During Petitioner's postconviction proceedings, Petitioner raised a claim the prosecutor failed to disclose favorable evidence to the defense. The state court applied a fourth element to the claim of Brady violation, which is contrary to the clear standards in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) holding. The following question is presented: I : WHETHER THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT FOR OAKLAND COUNTY DECIDED AN IMPORTANT FEDERAL QUESTION IN A WAY THAT CONFLICTS WITH THE DECISION OF BRADY V MARYLAND, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) HOLDING? Il . WHETHER THE STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPRIVED PETITIONER OF DUE PROCESS OF LAW BY REFUSING TO ADDRESS HIS CONSTITITONAL CLAIM DENYING A LIBERTY INTEREST CREATED BY STATE LAW?

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-07-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2019)

Attorneys

Spencer Tracy Holloway
Spencer Tracy Holloway — Petitioner
Spencer Tracy Holloway — Petitioner