Martavious Detrel Banks Keys v. United States
FifthAmendment
Whether the Fifth Circuit violated this Court's holding in Bell v. United States, 349 U.S. 81 (1955), that there must be a showing of congressional intent to impose multiple punishments in a single trial for violations of separate subsections of a single statute
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. This Court should grant certiorari in this case to answer to resolve a division in the case law and an important question of double jeopardy jurisprudence: whether the Fifth Circuit violated this Court’s holding in Bell v. United States, 349 U.S. 81 (1955), that there must be a showing of congressional intent to impose multiple punishments in a single trial for violations of separate subsections of a single statute. Il. This Court should grant certiorari in this case to correct the Fifth Circuit’s erroneous and dangerous finding that law enforcement officers and agents can testify that in their opinion the defendant committed all the elements of the offense, including the mens rea elements. ii PARTIES Martavious Keys is the Petitioner; he was the defendant-appellant below. The United States of America is the Respondent; it was the plaintiffappellee below. iii