No. 24-5534

Anthony Wayne Hawkins v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confrontation-clause cooperating-witness due-process law-enforcement-database pretextual-stop witness-bias
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Confrontation Clause permits cross-examination of a cooperating witness regarding the extent of benefits received and whether due process requires disclosure of law enforcement database information used in a pretextual vehicle stop

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ; (1) Whether and to what extent the Confrontation Clause of the 6th Amendment should contain the right to address the amount of a benefit that a co-~ operating co-defendant witness receives because the extent of the considerations provided to the co-defendant should inform the jury of the amount of bias the witness holds against-the defendant at trial (2) Whether and to what:extent the Confrontation and Due Process Clauses of the 5th and 6th Amendments demand the ability to confront the person who entered the information onto “a law enforcement database” for the vehicle having a “trap’ or hidden compartment and for entering same into “a law enforcement Groupme message database" for use of tracking the vehicle as it travels and for use of a subsequent pretextual stop of the vehicle.

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-10-07
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-10-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2024)

Attorneys

Anthony W. Hawkins
Anthony Wayne Hawkins — Petitioner
Anthony Wayne Hawkins — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent