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Connick Vs. Thompson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 09, 2011

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  1. Strickland Vs. Washington US Supreme Court · May 14, 1984
  2. Patrick Vs. Burget US Supreme Court · May 16, 1988
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  3. United States Vs. Cronic US Supreme Court · May 14, 1984
  4. Los Angeles County Vs. Humphries US Supreme Court · Nov 15, 2010
  5. Kyles Vs. Whitley US Supreme Court · Apr 19, 1995
  6. United States Vs. Bagley US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1985
  7. Syllabus October Term, 2010 Connick V. Thompson
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  8. s Office concedes that, in prosecuting respondent Thompson for attempted armed robbery, prosecutors violated Brady v. Maryland
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  9. its policymaking officials, and practices so persistent and widespread as to practically have the force of law. Monell v. New
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  10. Canton v. Harris
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  11. of Bryan Cty. v. Brown
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  12. joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Connick v. Thompson
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  13. Opinion of the Court Connick V. Thompson
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  14. Supreme Court of the United States No. 09-571 Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Et Al., Petitioners V. John
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  15. armed robbery, prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that should have been turned over to the defense under Brady v. Maryland
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  16. robbery conviction, Thompson chose not to testify in his own defense. He was convicted and sentenced to death. State v. Thompson
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  17. state and federal courts reviewed and denied his challenges to the conviction and sentence. See State ex rel. Thompson v. Cain
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  18. Thompson v. Cain
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  19. conviction unconstitutionally deprived Thompson of his right to testify in his own defense at the murder trial. State v. Thompson
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  20. Relying on Canton v. Harris
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  21. to such deprivation. See Monell v. New
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  22. Pembaur v. Cincinnati
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  23. for a deprivation of rights is at its most tenuous where a claim turns on a failure to train. See Oklahoma City v. Tuttle
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  24. to ensure that all new attorneys have learned how to find, understand, and apply legal rules. Cf. United States v. Cronic
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  25. supra , at 389. He did not do so. III The role of a prosecutor is to see that justice is done. Berger v. United
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  26. U. S. 378 , 389 (1989) (quoting Monell v. New
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  27. York City Dept. of Social Servs. , 436 U. S. 658 , 694 (1978), and Polk County v. Dodson
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  28. not to rely on professional training and ethical obligations. See supra , at 12 (citing United States v. Cronic
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  29. Compare Thompson v. Cain
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  30. decision into question. Cf. State v. Thompson
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  31. his injury, not that the municipality is ultimately responsible for the torts of its employees. Los Angeles County v. Humphries
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  32. see Humphries , ante , at 6, 7 (citing Monell , 436 U. S., at 691). Connick v. Thompson
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  33. Scalia, J., Concurring Connick V. Thompson
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  34. violations put the municipality on notice of a need for specific training that would have prevented it. See Brady v. Maryland
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  35. s failure to provide that training amounts to deliberate indifference to constitutional violations. See Canton v. Harris
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  36. In Arizona v. Youngblood
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  37. that the lack of an accurate training regimen caused the violation Connick has conceded. Footnote 1 Monell v. New
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  38. York City Dept. of Social Servs. , 436 U. S. 658 (1978). Footnote 2 Batson v. Kentucky
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  39. it is part of my point. Connick v. Thompson
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  40. Ginsburg, J., Dissenting Connick V. Thompson
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  41. Justice Ginsburg, with whom Justice Breyer, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan join, dissenting. In Brady v. Maryland
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  42. s murder conviction. State v. Thompson
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  43. Ante , at 9 (quoting Canton v. Harris
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  44. For example, the manual did not acknowledge what Giglio v. United
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  45. s decision in Kyles v. Whitley
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  46. Walker v. New
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  47. s fair trial right. See Cone v. Bell
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  48. slip op., at 1). See also United States v. Bagley
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  49. Brady v. Maryland
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  50. Monell v. New
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