No. 19-5481

Jomo Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 5th-amendment 6th-amendment confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-rule-of-evidence fifth-amendment jury sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Were Petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment due process rights obliterated

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Were Petitioner’s Fifth and Sixth Amendment due process rights obliterated where the district court, not only permitted the prosecution to insert its personal opinion during summation, but also precluded Petitioner from introducing evidence of a 20 minute video of the government’s only noncooperator witness making a statement to prosecutors that significantly diverged from his trial testimony, failing to apply the presumption of admissibility required by Federal Rule of Evidence 402 and disregarding Petitioner’s rights to present evidence and confront witnesses? 2) Were petitioner’s due process rights violated by the district court’s commission of a blatant violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 43(a)(2) with the result that Petitioner was convicted and sentenced without any inquiry into whether there was an impartial jury or whether any prejudicial information was provided to the jury during improper communications between the Court Security Officer and the jury? 1

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-08-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2019)

Attorneys

Jomo Williams
Robin SmithLaw Office of Robin C. Smith, Esq., P.C., Petitioner
Robin SmithLaw Office of Robin C. Smith, Esq., P.C., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent