Research Paper:Students will be required to submit their written assignments in the following format: in a Microsoft Word document, in MLA format, and shall be typed in twelve (12) point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, double spaced, in proper format, and without grammatical errors.Topic for research paper:There is a pending case on the docket of the United States Supreme Court, which is set for argument on October 9, 2024, which involves the following issues:-Whether the State’s suppression of the key prosecution witness’s admission he was under the care of a psychiatrist and failure to correct that witness’s false testimony about that care and related diagnosis violate the due process of law.-Whether the entirety of the suppressed evidence must be considered when assessing the materiality of claims pursuant to the Brady and Napue cases.-Whether due process of law requires reversal, where a capital conviction is so infected with errors that the State no longer seeks to defend it.The title of the case is as follows:Glossip v. Gross, United States Supreme Court docket no. 22-7466, October term 2024, oral argument set for October 9, 2024.All of the instructions and the Glossip v. Gross Case PDF link are in the attached Google Doc. I included both instructions from Canvas and the Syllabus just for good measure.Structure the professor wants to follow:1. Intro2. Case-Facts3. How case ends up in USSC4. Issue5. Prior Case Law6. Actual Decision7. Agree/disagreeNotes: The professor for this course has emphasized that the audience for this paper is people who know nothing about Criminal Law and Search, Seizure, or Interrogation in this case. Therefore, when discussing cases or using criminal law vocabulary, we must explain it so the audience understands it.
