No. 18-6536

Lewis Waters v. Charles L. Lockett, Warden

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2018-11-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-safeguard court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury habeas-corpus jurisdiction unindicted-crime
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-12-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Where the Fifth Amendment guarantees that no person shall be held to answer for a crime unless upon presentment of a Grand Jury's indictment, does the U.S. Court of Appeals violate this Constitutional safe guard when it uses an unindicted crime to deny the appeal of a petitioner's Habeas petition?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Where the Fifth Amendment guarantees that no person shall be . held to answer for a crime unless upon presentment of a Grand Jury's ~ indictment, does the U.S. Court of Appeals violate this Constitu: ; tional safe guard when it uses an unindicted crime to deny the appeal of a petitioner's Habeas petition? : Also, when the U.S. Court. of Appeals is notified, by Petitioner, that the District court's denial of said petition involved the use of an unindicted crime, should the Court of Appeals then investigate ' the claim so as to not incorporate the same unindicted crime in its own decision? : : . . Does the U.S. Court of Appeals have the jurisdiction to review a D.C. Court of Appeals' decision if that decision renders an opi_ nion. contrary to Supreme Court precedent and’ cannot be separated from the facts that the U.S. Court of Appeals must consider in order to hear the actual case before it.

Docket Entries

2018-12-10
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
2018-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent Charles L. Lockett, Warden to respond filed.
2018-10-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2018)

Attorneys

Charles L. Lockett, Warden
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Lewis Waters
Lewis Waters — Petitioner
Lewis Waters — Petitioner