No. 19-6636

Gregory Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial jury-bias jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-reasonableness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the government violated Mr. Williams' constitutional right to a fair trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE(S) I. WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATED MR. WILLIAMS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, IN IT’S IMPROPER DIRECT QUESTIONING AND ILL-ADVISED POINTING OF A GUN TOWARD THE JURY BOX. I. WHETHER THE COURT IMPERMISSIBLY FAILED TO GRANT A NEW TRIAL IN A CASE WHICH IS EXTREMELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL. Il. WHETHER THE SENTENCE WAS SUBSTANTIVELY UNREASONABLE. i

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States Of America to respond filed.
2019-11-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2019)

Attorneys

Gregory Williams
Noel LawrenceLAW OFFICES OF NOEL G. LAWRENCE, P. A., Petitioner
United States Of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent