No. 19-75

James Joseph Garner v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2019-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification police-misconduct standing suggestive-identification suggestive-setting trial-procedure witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause imposes any check on an eyewitness's identification of a criminal defendant in the typically suggestive setting of trial where there was no police misconduct but there is nonetheless substantial reason to doubt the witness would identify the defendant in a nonsuggestive setting

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Due Process Clause imposes any check on an eyewitness’s identification of a criminal defendant in the typically suggestive setting of trial where there was no police misconduct but there is nonetheless substantial reason to doubt the witness would identify the defendant in a nonsuggestive setting. ii RELATED CASES James Joseph Garner v. People of the State of Colorado, No. 16SC75, Supreme Court of Colorado (March 18, 2018). People of the State of Colorado v. James Joseph Garner, No. No. 12CA2540 (December 15, 2015). People of the State of Colorado v. James Joseph Garner, No. 10CR1565 Adams County (Colorado) District Court (August 20, 2012).

Docket Entries

2019-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-10-01
Reply of petitioner James Garner filed.
2019-09-25
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2019-09-19
Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed.
2019-08-14
Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Law, Psychology, Neuroscience, and other Fields filed.
2019-08-14
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
2019-07-29
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Colorado.
2019-07-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 19, 2019.
2019-07-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 14, 2019 to September 19, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-07-25
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, James Garner.
2019-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2019)
2019-05-31
Application (18A1244) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until July 17, 2019.
2019-05-29
Application (18A1244) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 16, 2019 to July 17, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Colorado
L. Andrew CooperOffice of the Colorado Attorney General, Respondent
L. Andrew CooperOffice of the Colorado Attorney General, Respondent
James Garner
Jeffrey L. FisherStanford Law School Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
Jeffrey L. FisherStanford Law School Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Sean HeckerKaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, Amicus
Sean HeckerKaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, Amicus
Scholars of Law, Psychology, Neuroscience, and other Fields
Geoffrey M. WyattSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Amicus
Geoffrey M. WyattSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Amicus