No. 21-6211

Cubby Wayne Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brain-injury cognitive-deficits criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony good-faith mens-rea rule-702 traumatic-brain-injury willfulness
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Latest Conference: 2021-12-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court committed reversible error by excluding expert evidence of the defendant's traumatic brain injury and its effects on his cognition and memory

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Whether, in a case in which the government was required to prove that the defendant was not working from a good faith misunderstanding of the law, the district court committed reversible error by excluding expert evidence of the defendant’s traumatic brain injury and its effects on his cognition and memory. 1 Statement of

Docket Entries

2021-12-13
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
2021-11-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Cubby Williams
Sonam HendersonOffice of the Federal Public Defender-CDCA, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent