No. 19-7364

Ernest William Singleton v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-v-maryland brady-violation controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-schedules drug-scheduling general-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-pain-clinic money-laundering surveillance-footage
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the jury relied on an invalid conviction for distributing Ultram in finding the defendant guilty of money laundering

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

ESTIONS PRESENTED J WHEN A JURY FOUND SINGLETON GUILTY OF COUNT 10 OF THE IMDICTMENT, WHICH ALLEGED THAT HE DISTRIBUTED “ULTRAM”; HOW CAN IT BE DETERMINED THAT THE JURY DID NOT RELY ON “ULTRAM? IN FINDING HIM GUILTY, OF MONEY LAUNDERING THE PROCEEDS FROM DISTRIBUITING ULTRAM, OXYCODONE, AND . DIAZEPAM WHEN A GENERAL VERDICT FORM WAS USED? AFTER TRIAL, ULTRAM WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE ON THE FEDERAL DRUG SCHEDULES AND THEREFORE NOT A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL CODES. : mgt DID THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATE BRADY V. MARYLAND WHEN THEY REFUSED TO RELEASE 34 CL DEBRIEFING VIDEOS, WHICH WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED SINGLETON’S THOERY OF DEFENSE, E., THAT HE WAS OPERATING A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PAIN CLINIC? Til 1 DID THE PETITIONER RECEIVE INEFFECTIVE . ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, WHEN COUNSEL FAILED TO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE COMPUTER HARD-DRIVES, . WHICH CONTAINED SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE THAT WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED SINGLETON’S THEORY OF DEFENSE AND DISPROVED THE GOVERNMENT’S THEORY OF PROSECUTION? . -ii;

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-31
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 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Ernest William Singleton
Ernest William Singleton — Petitioner
Ernest William Singleton — Petitioner
UNited States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent