No. 22-6209
Mayeli Molina v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial dual-role-witnesses due-process expert-testimony jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-standards substantial-rights witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2023-01-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Molina's substantial rights were affected by dual-role testimony
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Molina’s substantial rights were affected when two-thirds of the Government’s witnesses testified in dual roles as experts and fact witnesses but no protective steps were taken to prevent the dual roles from confusing the jury? 2. Whether relying on inconsistent and unreliable testimony of cooperating witnesses to determine drug quantity and quality for sentencing purposes violates the Fourteenth Amendment and conflicts with precedent of the Seventh Circuit? 3. Whether the district court imposed a trial penalty in violation of the Sixth and/or Fourteenth Amendments? i
Docket Entries
2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-11-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2023)
Attorneys
Mayeli Molina
Cheri Christine Thomas — Lewis Thomas Law PC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent