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Benjamin Scott Brewer v. Tennessee

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Division, No. E2019-00355-CCA-R3-CD · judgment April 6, 2020

Certiorari denied · December 14, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

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.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mike Allan Little
District Public Defender, 11th Judicial District T

For respondent
Nicholas White Spangler
Office of Tennessee Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

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