Charles David Gordon v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden
DueProcess
Whether a defendant's statements may be admitted into evidence when the statements were made while she was placed in segregated confinement based on mental health problems and known to be suffering from suicidal ideations, insomnia, alcohol abuse, anxiety, and depression
QUESTION PRESENTED I. Whether a defendant’s statements may be admitted into evidence when the statements were made while she was placed in segregated confinement based on mental health problems and known to be suffering from suicidal ideations, insomnia, alcohol abuse, anxiety, and depression. I. Whether a complaining witness’s statements to law enforcement are material in a sex crimes case within the meaning of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (19638) and for the purposes of evaluating prejudice under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) when the statements contradict the witness’s trial testimony. i