Derek James Jones v. State Bar of California
1. Whether the State of California violated Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process in an attorney discipline proceeding resulting in Petitioner's disbarment where, contrary to this Court's holdings in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87 (1963), Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972), Willner v. Committee on Character & Fitness, 373 U.S. 96, 102-103 (1963) and their respective progeny, the prosecution withheld potentially exculpatory or mitigating materials which were necessary for the Petitioner to adequately prepare his defense and confront his accuser in a quasi-criminal matter.
2. Whether the State of California violated Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process in an attorney discipline proceeding resulting in Petitioner's disbarment where, contrary to this Court's holdings in Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432, 458-461 (1895), Taylor v. Kentucky, 436 U.S. 478, 485-486 (1978) and their respective progeny, the State Bar Court relied upon a presumption of culpability rather than innocence in connection with Petitioner's alleged misconduct, even in the absence of reliable evidence that such misconduct occurred, in a quasi-criminal matter.
Whether the State of California violated Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process