No. 22-7239

Edward Knight v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
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
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. OvermyerOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Wendi L. OvermyerOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United State of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent