Victor D. Vickers, Jr. v. Missouri
DueProcess Takings
Whether the exclusion of alibi evidence that could prove a defendant's innocence, as a sanction for an uncalculated discovery violation, is permitted by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments if it was not a "willful" violation as in Taylor v. Illinois, 484 U.S. 400 (1988).
Whether "bad faith" is a precondition for the exclusion of alibi evidence under Taylor v. Illinois, 484 U.S. 400 (1988), as held by the Second, Eighth and Ninth Circuits, or whether Taylor created a balancing test where bad faith is a factor, as held by the First, Eleventh, and DC Circuits?
Whether the exclusion of alibi evidence that could prove a defendant's innocence, as a sanction for an uncalculated discovery violation, is permitted by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments