In her first opinion—a dissent—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson said she would have heard the appeal of an Ohio death row inmate who argues the state suppressed evidence during his trial.
The justice wrote that she would have ordered a new review of Davel Chinn's case because his life"is on the line, and given the substantial likelihood that the suppressed records would have changed the outcome at trial."Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday in her first U.S. Supreme Court opinion—a dissent—that she would have heard the appeal of a man facing execution following a trial in which the prosecution likely suppressed evidence.
In her two-page opinion, Jackson wrote that"because Chinn's life is on the line, and given the substantial likelihood that the suppressed records would have changed the outcome at trial based on the Ohio courts' own representations... I would summarily reverse to ensure that the 6th Circuit conducts its materiality analysis under the proper standard.
The man's lawyers, however, argued the information about Washington would have made a difference in the outcome of Chinn's case. "Without Marvin Washington, that state's evidence was not strong enough to sustain confidence in either Chinn's conviction or death sentenced," attorneys at the Ohio Public Defender's Office
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