No. 19-75
James Joseph Garner v. Colorado
Amici (2)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification police-misconduct standing suggestive-identification suggestive-setting trial-procedure witness-testimony
Latest Conference:
2019-10-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Due Process Clause imposes any check on an eyewitness's identification of a criminal defendant in the typically suggestive setting of trial where there was no police misconduct but there is nonetheless substantial reason to doubt the witness would identify the defendant in a nonsuggestive setting.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Due Process Clause imposes any check on an eyewitness's identification of a criminal defendant in the typically suggestive setting of trial where there was no police misconduct but there is nonetheless substantial reason to doubt the witness would identify the defendant in a nonsuggestive setting
Docket Entries
2019-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-10-01
Reply of petitioner James Garner filed.
2019-09-25
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2019-09-19
Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed.
2019-08-14
Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Law, Psychology, Neuroscience, and other Fields filed.
2019-08-14
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
2019-07-29
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Colorado.
2019-07-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 19, 2019.
2019-07-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 14, 2019 to September 19, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-07-25
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, James Garner.
2019-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2019)
2019-05-31
Application (18A1244) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until July 17, 2019.
2019-05-29
Application (18A1244) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 16, 2019 to July 17, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Attorneys
Colorado
L. Andrew Cooper — Office of the Colorado Attorney General, Respondent
James Garner
Jeffrey L. Fisher — Stanford Law School Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Sean Hecker — Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, Amicus
Scholars of Law, Psychology, Neuroscience, and other Fields