Anthony Wayne Hawkins v. United States
Immigration
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(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.