Michael Hewitt v. United States
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Should the trial court have acquitted Petitioner of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine
QUESTION PRESENTED Should the trial court have acquitted Petitioner of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine where (1) the evidence at best showed a conspiracy to distribute MDMA (ecstasy); (2) the jury expressly acquitted Petitioner of conspiracy to distribute MDMA (ecstasy); (3) there was no evidence of any meeting of the minds about distributing any drug other than MDMA (ecstasy); and (4) the evidence showed that the pills the alleged conspirators (and the police) believed were MDMA (ecstasy) were actually methamphetamine? -2 List of All Proceedings 1. United States District Court, E.D.N.Y.(Brooklyn), Docket No. 17-cr00164-ENV-3; judgment entered 6/17/22. 2. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Docket No. 221387-cr; judgment entered 9/29/23. -3