Junior Griffin v. United States
Privacy
Whether the defendant was denied his constitutional right to present a complete defense
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Petitioner Junior Griffin was charged with several crimes involving conspiracy, possession and distribution of heroin, cocaine and.marijuana. The charges were substantially based on a series of wiretaps. At trial, when the government introduced the wiretap evidence, counsel for Mr. Griffin moved to introduce the remainder of the wiretaps as exculpatory and impeachment evidence. The motion was denied as inadmissible hearsay. Mr. Griffin was convicted. On appeal, the Second Circuit affirmed. : . 1) When Mr. Griffin was denied his right to present critical exculpatory and impeachment evidence through the unpresented remainder of the government’s surreptitious recordings, was he also denied his constitutional right to present a complete defense : 2.) Where multiple additional errors affected petitioner’s conviction and/or sentence in the courts below, should this Court exercise it’s supervisory power to vacate his conviction and sentence?