No. 20-7500

Christopher Nathaniel Brown v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extrinsic-evidence self-defense state-courts victim-history
Key Terms:
DueProcess SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-04-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Florida state courts deny defendants their Due Process Rights when the courts exclude extrinsic evidence which would corroborate defendant's knowledge of the victim's violent past and supports defendant's claim that he acted in self-defense?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : QUESTION Does Florida state courts deny defendants their Due Process Rights when the courts exclude extrinsic evidence which would corroborate defendant’s knowledge of the victim’s violent past and supports defendant’s claim that he acted in self-defense?

Docket Entries

2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-04-13
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2021-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Christopher Nathaniel Brown
Christopher Nathaniel Brown — Petitioner
State of Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee, Respondent