No. 19-7208

Gbenga Benson Ogundele v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: chapman-standard confrontation-clause due-process evidence fair-trial federal-rule-of-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence government-evidence sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Related Cases: 19-7128 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether voluminous amounts of substantive evidence containing prejudicial opinions of government agents held to be erroneously admitted under Federal Rule of Evidence 1006 by the Fourth Circuit violated Petitioner's right to a fair trial, or alternatively the confrontation clause, under the Sixth Amendment, thus triggering the Chapman standard of review, placing the burden on the Government to show the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented is: Whether voluminous amounts of substantive evidence containing prejudicial opinions of government agents held to be erroneously admitted under Federal Rule of Evidence 1006 by the Fourth Circuit violated Petitioner’s right to a fair trial, or alternatively the confrontation clause, under the Sixth Amendment, thus triggering the Chapman standard of review, placing the burden on the Government to show the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2020)

Attorneys

Gbenga Benson Ogundele
Justin EiseleSeddiq Law Firm, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent