No. 20-5933

Junior Griffin v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: complete-defense constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-exclusion impeachment-evidence right-to-present-evidence supervisory-power wiretap-evidence wiretapping
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the defendant was denied his constitutional right to present a complete defense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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?

Docket Entries

2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Junior Griffin
Junior Griffin — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent