No. 19-7026

James W. Guy v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2019-12-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-material civil-procedure civil-rights continuance discovery-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial first-amendment free-speech self-representation self-representing-defendant standing untimely-discovery
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Did a trial judge deny a self-representing defendant his due process right
to a fair trial when the State disclosed untimely discovery documents in the
middle of trial and the judge denied the accused a continuance to present a
complete defense enabling the defendant to include the exculpatory value
of the suppressed material as a part of the defense theory of his innocence?

(2) Was a self-representing criminal defendant prejudice by a trial judge in a
denial of a fair trial when the prosecution turned over numerous pages of
undisclosed discovery in the middle of trial and admitted that there could
be Brady material yet the judge denied a continuance when requested, by
the accused and prosecution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-27
Waiver of right of respondent Ohio to respond filed.
2019-11-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)

Attorneys

James W. Guy
James Guy — Petitioner
Ohio
Steven L. TaylorFranklin Co. Prosecutor's Off., Respondent