McQuiggin v. Perkins, No. 12-126; U.S. Supreme Court; opinion by Ginsburg, J.; dissent by Scalia, J.; decided May 28, 2013. On certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Rodney Henderson was found stabbed to death after leaving a party in Flint, Mich., with respondent Floyd Perkins and Damarr Jones. Perkins was charged with murder. Jones, the key prosecution witness, testified that Perkins alone committed the murder while Jones looked on. Perkins, however, testified that Jones and Henderson left him during the evening, and that he later saw Jones with blood on his clothing. Perkins was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. His conviction became final in 1997.
