No. 18-9630

Michael Mancil Brown v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment 6th-amendment,effective-counsel,mistrial,closing-a closing-arguments constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel mistrial sixth-amendment trial trial-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the Petitioner's 6th Amendment Rights to effective counsel violated when Petitioner's Attorney refused a mistrial offer by the Court without consulting with the Petitioner after closing arguments during trial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED. a . Was the Petitioner's 6th Amendment Rights to effective counsel violated when Petitioner's Attorney refused a mistrial offer by the Court without consulting with the Petitioner after closing arguments during trial? The District Court & the 6th Circuit Appeals Court does not believe this constitutes a violation of the 6th Amendment. : Was the Petitioner's 5th Amendment Rights to due process violated when the court cut-off the Petitioner's Attorney five minutes early during final closing arguments to the jury during trial? The District Court & the 6th Circuit Appeals Court does not believe this constitutes a violation of the 5th Amendment. , . Was the Petitioner's 6th Amendment Rights to effective counsel violated when Petitioner's Attorney did not test DNA evidence against any suspect or witness presented by the Government to rule out their involvement? The District Court & the 6th Circuit Appeals Court does not believe this constitutes a violation of the 6th Amendment. : Was the Petitioner's 6th Amendment Rights to effective counsel violated when Petitioner's Attorney did not use allocated expert to debunk the Government's claim that Petitioner had created a program to automate Pastebin postings? The District Court & the 6th Circuit Appeals Court does not believe this constitutes a violation of the 6th Amendment. Was the Petitioner's 6th Amendment Rights to effective counsel violated when Petitioner's Attorney did not present Evidence to debunk the Government's claim that an encrypted file password only existed on Petitioner's computer? The District Court & the 6th Circuit Appeals Court does not believe this constitutes a violation of the 6th Amendment.

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Michael M. Brown
Michael Mancil Brown — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent