Mark Xavier Wallace v. United States
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Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in admitting inadmissible and prejudicial hearsay testimony
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming that the District Court did not err by admitting inadmissible and highly prejudicial hearsay testimony of Government witness Brandon Douglas. (J.A. 646-718). (Argument I) 2. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming that the District Court did not err by admitting inadmissible and highly prejudicial hearsay testimony of Government witness Wayne Turner. (J.A. 726-734; 747-761). (Argument IT) 3. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming that the District Court did not err by admitting inadmissible and highly prejudicial hearsay testimony of Government witness Willie Berry. (J.A. 726-734; 767-801). (Argument III) 4. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming that the District Court did not err in declining to give a limiting instruction upon the admission of a taped conversation between Government witness Brenda Rivera and co-defendant Joseph Benson, which was inadmissible and prejudicial hearsay as to the defendant Wallace. (J.A. 761-767). (Argument IV) 5. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in not reversing the defendant’s conviction and sentence and dismissing the Superseding Indictment with prejudice in light of the United States Supreme Court’s June 24, 2019 decision in United States v. Davis, 588 U.S.__ (2019) holding that 18 United States Code Section 924 (c) (8) (B) is unconstitutionally vague. (Argument V) i RELATED CASES No. 18-4539 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff — Appellee, v. JOSEPH JAMES CAIN BENSON, a/k/a Black, a/k/a Boston, Defendant — Appellant. No. 18-4540 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff — Appellee, v. BRYAN LAMAR BROWN, a/k/a Breezy, Defendant — Appellant. Fi