David Williams, III v. United States
DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus Punishment
whether-defendant's-conviction-and-sentence-for-nonexistent-crimes-violates-constitution
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether a defendant's conviction and sentence for nonexistent crimes: (1) violates the Fifth And Eighth Amendments, (2) constitute extraordinary and exceptional circumstances that warrant equitable tolling, and (3) merit correction at any time? Whether government official misconduct which resulted in a conviction for nonexistent crimes also constitutes extraordinary and exceptional circumstances that warrants equitable tolling under 28 U.S.C. Section 2255's time limitations period? , Whether Congress's intent in enacting 28 U.S.C. Section 2255(f)(4) was to provide a ground for tolling of the limitations period, or as defining another triggering date, moving it from the time when the conviction became final to the later date on which the particular claims accrued? -i