No. 25-6352
Marcus Allen Cooper v. Virginia
IFP
Tags: complete-defense credibility-challenge evidence-exclusion fourteenth-amendment trial-court-discretion witness-fabrication
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a trial court abridges the defendant's Fourteenth Amendment right to present a complete defense by excluding evidence that the sole inculpatory witness fabricated evidence against the defendant in a case that turned entirely on that witness's credibility
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Whether a trial court abridges the defendant’s Fourteenth Amendment right to present a complete defense by excluding evidence that the sole inculpatory witness fabricated evidence against the defendant in a case that turned entirely on that witness’s credibility.
Docket Entries
2026-01-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2025-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 12, 2026)
Attorneys
Marcus Cooper
Blake Andrew Weiner — Blake Weiner Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Blake Andrew Weiner — Blake Weiner Law, PLLC, Petitioner