Mark Anthony Thompson v. United States
DueProcess
Does the Fifth Circuit's selective adjudication and undermining the law of this Court's ruling on conduct outside the statutory definition of a crime acceptable?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. DOES THIS SUPREME COURT FINDS THE FIFTH CIRCUIT'S SELECTIVE ADJUDICATION AND UNDERMINING THE LAW OF THIS COURT ACCEPTABLE WHEN IT AFFIRMED THE DISTRICT COURT’S RULING FOR CONDUCT THAT DID NOT COME WITHIN THE STATUTORY DEFINITION OF THE CRIME? II. DOES THIS SUPREME COURT AGREE WITH THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE GOVERNMENT ADDING THE ELEMENTS OF ATTEMPT TO STATUTES THAT CONGRESS CREATED THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF ATTEMPT? Ill. WHETHER THE APPEALS COURT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED THE COA THAT CLEARLY MET THE CRITERIA OF 28 U.S.C. 2253 (C) (2)? ii