No. 24-6855
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: curative-instructions due-process fourteenth-amendment pretrial-conduct trial-court witness-identification
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2025-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require a new trial when a witness's in-court identification of the defendant is tainted by suggestive pretrial conduct by the prosecution, undermining the defendant's primary defense, and the trial court's curative instructions fail to mitigate the prejudicial impact?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require a new trial when a witness’s in-court identification of the defendant is tainted by suggestive pretrial conduct by the prosecution, undermining the defendant’s primary defense, and the trial court’s curative instructions fail to mitigate the prejudicial impact?
Docket Entries
2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-28
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-03-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 24, 2025)
Attorneys
Eric Rogers
James W Amberg — Amberg & Amberg, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent