No. 20-1608
North Carolina v. Norfolk Junior Best
Tags: alternate-suspects appellate-review bloody-fingerprint brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process materiality materiality-analysis post-conviction post-conviction-review
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Privacy
HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does an appellate court violate the core princ ipals of Brady in post -conviction review where in its materiality analysis it disregards both evidence clearly available at the time of trial and also its own prior opinion on direct appeal where it held that defendant 's identity as the perpetrator of the crime was established by his bloody fingerprint on the knife found under one of the victim's bodies?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does an appellate court violate the core principles of Brady in post-conviction review
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-19
Brief of respondent Norfolk Best in opposition filed.
2021-07-19
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Norfolk Best.
2021-06-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 19, 2021.
2021-05-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 17, 2021 to July 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-05-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 17, 2021)
Attorneys
Norfolk Best
Ivy Alexandra Johnson — The Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Respondent
State of North Carolina
Jonathan Porter Babb — Attorney General's Office, Petitioner