No. 18-8218

Nathaniel Hoskins v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-v-maryland brady-violation confidential-informant criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression materiality prosecutorial-misconduct rico-conspiracy suppression
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the prosecution's pretrial evidentiary suppression of various law enforcement reports, interviews and statements favorable to the Petitioner violated due process, under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good or bad faith of the prosecution and thereby undermined confidence in the outcome of Petitioner's trial.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prosecution's pretrial evidentiary suppression of various law enforcement reports, interviews and statements favorable to the Petitioner violated due process, under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good or bad faith of the prosecution and thereby undermined confidence in the outcome of Petitioner's trial

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-07
Waiver of right of respondent Solicitor General of the United States to respond filed.
2019-02-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Nathaniel Hoskins
James Clifford Greene Jr.Law Office of J.Clifford Greene, Jr., Petitioner
Solicitor General of the United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent