No. 20-5257

Jimmy McLain Moore v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment law-enforcement right-to-confrontation sixth-amendment witness-communication
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy Jurisdiction JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to decide an important Federal Question regarding the right of a Defendant to confront witnesses against him

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to decide an important Federal Question regarding the right of a Defendant to confront witnesses against him, by refusing to consider and decide whether having a co-defendant make a phone call at the request of, and in the custody of law enforcement violates the right of confrontation stated in this Court’s case of Crawford v. Washington? 2. Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals left open an important Federal Question regarding the scope of the expectation of privacy a Defendant has in a United States Postal Service package that hasn’t reached its intended recipient? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Jimmy McLain Moore
Mark Edwin BrownMenefee & Brown, P.C., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent