No. 20-7059
Glen Thomas Dotson v. Dewayne Hendrix, Warden
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment grand-jury prosecutorial-misconduct right-against-self-incrimination witness-testimony
Latest Conference:
2021-03-05
Question Presented (from Petition)
Was the petitioner deprived of a fair trial when the only Government witness to incriminate him lied to the jury that the defendant appeared before the grand jury and made an incriminating statement upon exiting, when the defendant was not called before the Grand jury, and the Prosecutor lied to the Judge that the defendant did appear in order to avoid defense's call for a mistrial?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was the petitioner deprived of a fair trial due to prosecutorial misconduct?
Docket Entries
2021-03-08
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2021-02-10
Waiver of right of respondent Dewayne Hendrix, Warden to respond filed.
2021-01-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 8, 2021)
Attorneys
Dewayne Hendrix, Warden
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Glen Thomas Dotson
Glen T. Dotson — Petitioner