No. 22-5083

William Wellington Hooper, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-07-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sentencing
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Were Mr. Hooper's cell phones seized in violation of his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Were Mr. Hooper’s cell phones seized in violation of his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure? 2. Did the District Court admit unreasonably prejudicial evidence, depriving Mr. Hooper of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment due process right to a fair trial by an impartial jury? 3. Were Counts 3 and 4 multiplicitous, in violation of Mr. Hooper’s Fifth Amendment right against double jeopardy? 4. Is Mr. Hooper’s sentence unreasonable and excessive, in violation of his rights under 18 USC § 3353(a) and the Eighth Amendment? 4

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-18
Waiver of right of respondent Office of the United States Attorney to respond filed.
2022-07-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 12, 2022)

Attorneys

Mark Diamond
Mark DiamondAttorney at Law, Petitioner
Mark DiamondAttorney at Law, Petitioner
Office of the United States Attorney
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent