Patel v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (Uscis)

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a statute requiring the trial court to exclude the defendant’s alibi witness because the defendant failed to file the required notice of the defense violated the federal Due Process Clause
• recognizing government’s due process obligation to give notice of evidence in opposition to defendant’s announced alibi defense
• suggesting that the principal due process concern in the discovery process is the notion of reciprocity
• holding that, although the Due Process Clause does not mandate the adoption of discovery procedures in criminal cases, in the absence of a strong showing of state interests to the contrary, any discovery procedure adopted must be reciprocal and fair
• holding Oregon notice of alibi rule invalid on its face without reaching issue whether state court could impose sanction provided in statute, i. e., exclusion of defendant’s testimony based upon failure to comply with the rule
• holding Oregon notice of alibi rule invalid on its face without reaching issue whether state court could impose sanction provided in statute, i. e., exclusion of defendant's testimony based upon failure to comply with the rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).