No. 18-9132

Earlie Dickerson v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standard federal-rule-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-witness government-witnesses motion-for-new-trial newly-discovered-evidence perjury trial-motion witness-credibility witness-testimony
Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question One: Whether new evidence that Government witnesses provided
untruthful statements during a trial can ever satisfy the requirements for a motion
for new based on newly discovered evidence under FED. R. CRIM. P. 33.

Question Two: Whether impeachment evidence can ever satisfy the requirement for
a motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence under FED. R. CRIM. P.
33.

Question Three: Whether a bald conclusionary statement in a Presentence
Investigation Report provides indicia of reliability by stating that the statement is
based on law-enforcement investigation without supporting evidence.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether new evidence that Government witnesses provided untruthful statements during a trial can ever satisfy the requirements for a motion for new based on newly discovered evidence under FED. R. CRIM. P. 33

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-04-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 3, 2019)

Attorneys

Earlie Dickerson
Brittany Carroll LacayoLacayo Law Firm, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent