No. 21-5210

Trojan Hart v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-restrictions jury-instructions right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-review shackling
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred when it shackled Hart and codefendant Sharpe?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

ISSUES PRESENTED FOR REVIEW (1) Whether the district court erred when it shackled Hart and codefendant Sharpe? (2) Whether the district court interfered with the right to counsel when it refused to allow Hart’s counsel to enter into evidence favorable stipulations that, among other things, excluded Hart’s alleged confession? (3) Whether the district court gave an imbalanced supplemental instruction that did not adequately inform the jury on the law for determining the threshold quantity of drugs to create criminal liability on a key element of the crime? (4) Whether the district court erroneously denied Hart the ability to pursue the defense theory that prosecution witnesses should not be believed because Hart had previously commenced a civil law suit claiming wrongful conduct by one of the police officers involved in the federal prosecution? (5)Whether Hart’s sentence of 165 months was substantively unreasonable? ii PARTIES TO PROCEEDINGS The Petitioner in this Court is Trojan Hart. The Respondent is the United States of America. iti

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-07-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Trojan Hart
Bruce Robert BryanBruce R. Bryan, Esq., Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent