No. 21-6475

Mark Hollingsworth v. Maryland

Lower Court: Maryland
Docketed: 2021-12-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: brady-violation closing-argument criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony jury-argument napue-v-illinois napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Maryland State Courts err in finding that the Prosecutor did not violate Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959) when the Prosecutor argued to the jury during closing argument that Petitioner never told the police that he took the murder victim's gun which he used, knowing full well that the detective's notes verified that is exactly what Petitioner told the police?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED ~ ; : Did the Maryland State Courts err in : finding that the Prosecutor did not . : violate Napue v. [éinois, 360 U.S. 264 ; ; (1959) when the Prosecutor argued to the '. jury during. closing” argument that, : . Petitioner never told the police that he ; took the murder victim's gun which he. used."' knowing full well that the . detective's notes verified that is . . : exactly. what Petitioner told the police.? . . ; . , (17)

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-11-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2022)

Attorneys

Mark Hollingsworth
Mark Hollingsworth — Petitioner