No. 19-5167

Christian Don'tae Hood v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cellular-phone co-defendant compelled-testimony compulsory-process evidence-admissibility fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-rights jury-instruction post-arrest-interview search-and-seizure self-incrimination sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court erred in admitting the appellant's post-arrest interview when the government violated his Fifth Amendment rights by forcibly using his fingerprints to attempt to unlock his cellular phone

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. IT WAS ERROR FOR THE TRIAL COURT TO ADMIT THE APPELLANT'S POST-ARREST INTERVIEW WHEN THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATED HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY FORCIBLY USING HIS FINGER PRINTS TO ATTEMPT TO UNLOCK HIS CELLULAR PHONE. II. IT WAS ERROR FOR THE TRIAL COURT TO DENY THE APPELLANT'S REQUEST, UNDER THE SIXTH AMENDMENT COMPULSORY PROCESS FOR OBTAINING WITNESSES IN HIS FAVOR, TO INTERVIEW AND POTENTIALLY CALL HIS CO-DEFENDANT AS A WITNESS. Ill. IT WAS ERROR FOR THE TRIAL COURT TO DENY THE INCLUSION OF THE DEFENSE REQUESTED JURY INSTRUCTION FOR MULTIPLE CONSPIRACIES.

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-07-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 12, 2019)

Attorneys

Christian Don'tae Hood
Douglas Adrien Steinberg — Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent