No. 22-7239
Edward Knight v. United States
Tags: crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process felony hobbs-act in-person jury-trial public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference:
2023-05-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether allowing a seated juror to appear virtually via Zoom in a federal felony trial is structural error violating the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to public, in-person felony trials and due process
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Questions Presented for Review Petitioner Edward Knight asks this Court to address two questions: 1. Whether allowing a seated juror to appear virtually via Zoom in a federal felony trial is structural error violating the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to public, in-person felony trials and due process. 2. Whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is a qualifying crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). ii
Docket Entries
2023-05-15
Petition DENIED.
2023-04-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
2023-04-20
Waiver of right of respondent United State of America to respond filed.
2023-04-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 8, 2023)
Attorneys
Edward Knight
Wendi L. Overmyer — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Wendi L. Overmyer — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United State of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent