No. 23-6386

Michael Andrew King, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review credibility-determination criminal-procedure due-process due-process-rights evidence jury-instructions jury-trial mask-obstruction witness-credibility witness-testimony
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an appellate court's traditional deference to credibility determinations made by jurors in returning a guilty verdict should give way where the witnesses at trial were required to testify while wearing masks, thus inhibiting the jury's traditional role in making credibility determinations

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether an appellate court’s traditional deference to _ credibility determinations made by jurors in returning a guilty verdict should give way where the witnesses at trial were required to testify while wearing masks, thus inhibiting the jury’s traditional role in making credibility determinations. -1 II.

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-12-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 29, 2024)

Attorneys

Michael King
Jonathan David ByrneFederal Pub Defender S. Dist., Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent