Brief filed: 02/03/2017
Documents
Turner v. United States; Overton v. United States
United States Supreme Court; Case No. 15-1503 & 15-1504
Prior Decision
Case below Turner, 116 A.3d 894 (D.C. Cir. June 11, 2015).
Argument(s)
The strength and completeness of a criminal defendant's narrative is critical to his success at trial. Defense counsel would have crafted a compelling common narrative to rebut the prosecution's case with the evidence suppressed here. The prosecution's Brady violations forced defendants to adopt strategies that supported the prosecution's narrative.
Author(s)
Jeffrey T. Green & Milton P. Wilkins, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; David Porter, NACDL, Washington, DC; Sarah O'Rourke Schrup, Northwestern Supreme Court Practicum, Chicago, IL.