No. 20-630

Benjamin Scott Brewer v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2020-11-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering exculpatory-evidence forensic-evidence material-evidence state-misconduct
Latest Conference: 2020-12-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether this Court's ruling in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and its progeny entitle a defendant to the knowledge, before trial, that a state forensic agent contaminated the defendant's blood sample, where the contents of that sample were a crucial component of the state's case against that defendant.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court's ruling in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and its progeny entitle a defendant to the knowledge, before trial, that a state forensic agent contaminated the defendant's blood sample, where the contents of that sample were a crucial component of the state's case against that defendant

Docket Entries

2020-12-14
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
2020-11-23
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
2020-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Benjamin Brewer
Mike Allan LittleDistrict Public Defender, 11th Judicial District Tennessee, Petitioner
Tennessee
Nicholas White SpanglerOffice of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent