No. 21-8120

Willie Alfred Green v. Delijah Washington

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-claim brady-claims due-process effective-assistance false-evidence guilty-plea materially-exculpatory-evidence perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are Brady claims available for defendants who plead guilty when the prosecution withholds materially exculpatory evidence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Are Brady Claims available for defendants who plead guilty when the prosecution withholds materially exculpatory evidence? II. Does a guilty plea waive a defendant’s due process claim that his conviction was based on perjured testimony and false evidence? Ill. During the trial court proceedings, the trial judge barred the petitioner's counsel from reviewing and investigating undisclosed evidence that was presented to him on the day of jury selection. 1. Does a trial courts interference with counsel’s duty of investigation and refusal to allow counsel to investigate late discovery violate a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel? 2. Can a defendant challenge the voluntariness of his. guilty plea if his plea is the result of counsel being unprepared for trial due to being barred by the trial court from reviewing all the evidence to the State’s case?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-27
Waiver of right of respondent Delijah Washington to respond filed.
2022-06-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 11, 2022)
2022-04-21
Application (21A633) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 8, 2022.
2022-04-11
Application (21A633) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 9, 2022 to July 8, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Delijah Washington
Stephen John PetranyGeorgia Department of Law, Respondent
Willie Alfred Green
Willie Green — Petitioner