No. 18-8353

David A. Hicks v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-rule criminal-procedure due-process evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct habeas-corpus spoliation-of-evidence witness-credibility
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Government can destroy evidence a defendant has sufficient reason to believe is necessary to prove innocence in an anticipated § 2241 Motion

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1: WHETHER the Government can destroy evidence a defendant has sufficient reason to believe is necessary to prove innoceace in an anticipated § 2241 Motion. 2: WHETHER the Government can destroy evidence they know, or should have known, is exculpatory in nature and failed to release when ordered by the U.S. District Court during hte criminal trial. 3: WHETHER the Government can destroy evidence that could show a serious crime had been committed by one of their chief witnesses.

Docket Entries

2019-04-15
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2017-12-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 8, 2019)

Attorneys

David A. Hicks
David A. Hicks — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent