No. 18-9792

Charles Mensah v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: character-evidence conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment severance witness-bolstering
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the trial court's refusal to grant a conspiracy defendant severance violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when the Government's case against the hub co-defendant includes both inflammatory ethnic character evidence and otherwise inadmissible witness bolstering?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Does the trial court’s refusal to grant a conspiracy defendant severance violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when the Government’s case against the hub co-defendant includes both inflammatory ethnic character evidence and otherwise inadmissible witness bolstering? 2) Does the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment allow a trial court to refuse to instruct the Jury on the fundamental meaning of “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt”? 1

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)

Attorneys

Charles Mensah
G Arthur RobbinsChesapeake Meridian, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent