No. 18-9261October Term 2019Decided Dec 9, 2019
Calmer Cottier, Petitioner v. United States
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Dec 9, 2019
- What it's about
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Question presented
When the only evidence offered to support a murder conviction is the testimony of the government’s cooperating witnesses, does it violate the Constitutional guarantees of a fair trial, due process, and an impartial jury when the jury is permitted to take an official court document into its deliberations wherein the prosecutor stipulates the government’s star witness is testifying truthfully?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit / Decision released Dec 9, 2019
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
Timing
Decided December 9, 2019
The Court released its decision on December 9, 2019 without hearing oral argument.
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- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
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- Jul 3, 2026
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