No. 20-5956

Tracy Lynn Cope v. Randy Lee, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aedpa aedpa-standard brady-v-maryland brady-violation confidential-informant criminal-trial due-process prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-review
Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Sixth Circuit's property applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) in denying Petition relief where in the underlying state court matter, the prosecution violated Cope's due process rights as provided for under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) by failing to disclose that a victim-witness at his criminal trial had served as confidential informant for the police.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Circuit's property applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) in denying Petition relief where in the underlying state court matter, the prosecution violated Cope's due process rights as provided for under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) by failing to disclose that a victimwitness at his criminal trial had served as confidential informant for the police

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 Randy Lee to respond filed.
2020-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Michael M. Stahl
Michael M. Stahl — Respondent
Tracy Lynn Cope
Christopher Baxter SullivanLewis, Thomason, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C., Petitioner