No. 22-992

Clay Melton Denton v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: adverse-inference criminal-procedure due-process evidence-spoliation exculpatory-evidence government-failure jury-instruction spoliation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When is a defendant entitled to a spoliation instruction for lost potentially exculpatory evidence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED If critical evidence, which is at a minimum potentially exculpatory, is lost as a result of government’s failure to preserve it, when is a defendant entitled to an instruction that permits the jury to consider the spoliation of said critical evidence and apply an adverse inference therefrom?

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-14
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2023-05-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 14, 2023.
2023-05-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 15, 2023 to June 14, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-04-10

Attorneys

Clay Melton Denton
Bruce AntonUdashen Anton, Petitioner
Bruce AntonUdashen Anton, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent