No. 20-5879

Michael Matthew Phillips v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 4th-amendment constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence felon-in-possession firearm-evidence rule-404b rules-of-evidence witness-testimony
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether evidence that a defendant walked with a person to a public place where the other person retrieved a firearm is sufficient to show that the defendant exercised dominion and control over the firearm such that he constructively possessed it

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether evidence that a defendant walked with a person to a public place where the other person retrieved a firearm is sufficient to show that the defendant exercised dominion and control over the firearm such that he constructively possessed it. 2. Whether, in a prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm, evidence that a witness testifying against a defendant had used drugs with that defendant in the past was intrinsic evidence such that it was not subject to the restrictions of Rule 404(b) of the Rules of Evidence. -ilII. LIST OF ALL DIRECTLY

Docket Entries

2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-09-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Michael Matthew Phillips
Jonathan David ByrneFederal Pub Defender S. Dist., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent