No. 23-6023
David Sattazahn v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-disclosure brady-violation due-process giglio-disclosure giglio-v-united-states habeas-corpus plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct united-states-v-bagley witness-bias witness-inducement
Latest Conference:
2024-01-05
Question Presented (from Petition)
Because there is a split in the Circuits on the issue, should this Court instruct the lower courts to uniformly apply the law that, under United States v. Bagley , 473 U.S. 667 (1985) , and Giglio v. United States , 405 U.S. 150 (1972), a prosecutor must disclose an important prosecution witness's bias or interest when the prosecutor induces that witness to testify by holding out the hope of favorable treatment, even if the inducement does not take the form of an agreement with specific terms?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether prosecutors must disclose inducements provided to witnesses, even in the absence of an agreement with express terms
Docket Entries
2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-11-27
Waiver of right of respondent Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. to respond filed.
2023-11-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 15, 2023)
Attorneys
David Sattazahn
Samuel J. B. Angell — Defender Assoc. of Phi., Petitioner
Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.
Hugh J. Burns Jr. — Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Respondent