People v. Pratt
E861679
People v. Pratt is the criminal case in which Black Panther Party member Geronimo Pratt was controversially convicted of murder in 1972, a verdict later vacated amid findings of prosecutorial misconduct and withheld exculpatory evidence.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geronimo Pratt | 0 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
criminal case
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member of the Black Panther Party ⓘ murder prosecution ⓘ |
| hasAllegedCrimeDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| hasCharge | murder ⓘ |
| hasControversy | allegations of political targeting of a Black Panther Party member ⓘ |
| hasCourt | California state court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDefendant | Geronimo Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDefendantFullName | Elmer Geronimo Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDefenseClaim |
Geronimo Pratt was elsewhere at the time of the crime
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Geronimo Pratt was innocent ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext |
United States civil rights era
NERFINISHED
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period of intensive surveillance of Black liberation movements ⓘ |
| hasImpact |
cited in discussions of COINTELPRO-related prosecutions
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increased scrutiny of FBI and local law enforcement activities against Black Panther Party members ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
prosecutorial misconduct
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withheld exculpatory evidence ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalDoctrineInvolved | Brady obligations regarding exculpatory evidence ⓘ |
| hasLocationOfAllegedCrime | Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
conviction
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verdict later vacated ⓘ |
| hasPostConvictionFinding |
exculpatory evidence had been withheld from the defense
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government informant status of a key witness was not disclosed ⓘ |
| hasProsecutionTheory | Geronimo Pratt participated in a robbery-murder GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasPublicPerception | widely regarded as a politically motivated prosecution ⓘ |
| hasRemedy | conviction vacated ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
example of wrongful conviction
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landmark in discussions of prosecutorial disclosure obligations ⓘ noted case in civil rights and criminal justice reform discourse ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMisconduct |
failure to disclose exculpatory evidence
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failure to disclose impeachment evidence ⓘ |
| hasYearOfConviction | 1972 ⓘ |
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