No. 22-5050

Johnny M. Ruffin v. David Mitchell

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: admissibility brady-materiality brady-v-maryland circuit-conflict circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression impeachment-evidence materiality suppressed-evidence
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

The Seventh Circuit's Opinion has stretched The United States Supreme Court's Opinion in Brady v. Maryland beyond.its logical bounds when compared with other Circuits, regarding its grafted fourth admissibility requirement prong onto the traditional three-prong Brady inquiry when it issue a blanket ban on inadmissible evidence -even though it will, lead to admissible evidence and upholding Ruffin's convictions.

Whether the Seventh Circuit's decision creates conflict with other Circuits, by accepting the District Court's ruling that the Suppressed and favorable Cummings' police report was inadmissible and not material under Brady.

Whether the district .court's .determination contradicted established federal law by requiring that materiality be shown by a greater standard of evidence than that required by the Supreme Court s

Whether the district court failed to correctly apply the materiality standard for suppressed impeachment material as described in Supreme Court precedent.

Whether the .-.district court's analysis contracted established federal law by failing to consider the cumulative effect of the evidence withheld.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Seventh Circuit's decision creates conflict with other Circuits regarding the admissibility and materiality requirements under Brady v. Maryland

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-20
Waiver of right of respondent David Mitchell to respond filed.
2022-06-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2022)

Attorneys

David Mitchell
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
Johnny M. Ruffin
Johnny M. Ruffin — Petitioner