No. 25-7082

DeVon J. Tucker v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2026-03-23
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: body-worn-camera-evidence confrontation-rights due-process-clause impeachment-evidence right-to-present-defense rule-of-completeness
Latest Conference: 2026-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when a criminal defendant is impeached with selected portions of a body-worn-camera recording that he has never personally viewed, and whether the Rule of Completeness and the right to present a complete defense require that he be allowed to review or introduce the full recording where credibility is the sole determinant of guilt or innocence.

2. Whether the District of Columbia Court of Appeals violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of due process when it affirmed petitioner's conviction based on a factual assumption directly contradicted by the record—namely, that petitioner viewed the body-worn-camera video before trial.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when a criminal defendant is impeached with selected portions of body-worn-camera recording he has never personally viewed, and whether the Rule of Completeness and the right to present a complete defense require that he be allowed to review or introduce the full recording where credibility is the sole determinant of guilt or innocence

Docket Entries

2026-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
2026-03-30
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2026-03-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2026)

Attorneys

DeVon J. Tucker
DeVon J. Tucker — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent