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William Michael Crothers v. Wyoming
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Wyoming, No. S-22-0261 · judgment November 22, 2022
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In a criminal case based on disputed eyewitness testimony, is the Constitutional rule set out in Brady v. Maryland and its progeny prejudicially violated when the prosecutor fails to disclose to the defense the undisputed fact that he promised the witnesses that they would not be prosecuted?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Barry Kamins
Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, P.C.
For respondent
Jenny Lynn Craig
Office of the Wyoming Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 20, 2023 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 20 2023Petition DENIED.
- Mar 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
- Feb 28 2023Waiver of right of respondent The State of Wyoming to respond filed.
- Feb 21 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 27, 2023)