No. 18-7267
Mashawn Greene v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-rights cooperating-witness criminal-trial criminal-trials due-process false-testimony government-witnesses prosecutor-duty prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the due process clause of the United States Constitution requires that prosecutors bear the burden of preventing and correcting false or misleading testimony by cooperating government witnesses at criminal trials.
Whether a prosecutor is relieved of his duty to correct the false or misleading testimony of his witnesses if the defense is aware that the testimony is false or misleading.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the due process clause requires prosecutors to bear the burden of preventing and correcting false or misleading testimony by cooperating government witnesses
Docket Entries
2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-09
Waiver of right of respondent Scott Semple, Commissioner to respond filed.
2018-12-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 6, 2019)
Attorneys
Joshua Grubaugh
Joshua Grigsby Grubaugh — Pieszak-Miller & Brodeur, LLC, Petitioner
Scott Semple, Commissioner
Timothy Joseph Sugrue — CT Office of Chief State Atty, Respondent