No. 24-5378

Mitchell Danyell Banks v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: alford-plea drug-conspiracy due-process evidence-destruction expert-testimony fundamental-fairness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether expert testimony about destroyed drugs following an Alford Plea violates a defendant's due process rights in a subsequent federal drug conspiracy case absent bad faith by law enforcement

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Is expert testimony as to drugs, which were destroyed pursuant to a Court order following the defendant’s Alford Plea in a state case, a violation of the defendant’s due process rights to fundamental fairness in his federal drug conspiracy case without a showing of bad faith on the part of law enforcement?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-09-05
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-09-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-08-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 23, 2024)

Attorneys

Mitchell Banks
George Entwistle Crump III — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent