No. 20-7882

Taurean Potter v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-05-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to a fair trial and due process was violated when the government failed to correct false testimony by a witness and the court of appeals failed to properly consider this issue on direct appeal

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2021-05-24
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-05-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Taurean Potter
Taurean Potter — Petitioner
Taurean Potter — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent