No. 18-9143

Justin D. Fuller v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: affidavit-discrepancies burden-of-production criminal-procedure-franks-hearing,evidence,thresho defendant-rights due-process evidentiary-threshold franks-hearing government-evidence judicial-error pre-franks-procedure threshold-determination
Latest Conference: 2019-06-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. When in a "Pre-Franks'" procedure does a Court "error by considering evidence submitted by the government to make the threshold determination of a defendant's entitlement to a Franks hearing ?

2. When deciding the question whether to grant a Franks hearing, does the court. error by offering its own explanation for omissions and/or discrepancies and contradictions in a affidavit and relying on that explanation to deny a Franks hearing ?

3. To obtain a Franks hearing is a burden of production, proof by preponderance of the evidence must wait until the Franks hearing itself ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When does a court err in a 'Pre-Franks' procedure by considering government evidence to determine a defendant's entitlement to a Franks hearing?

Docket Entries

2019-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
2019-05-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-03-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 5, 2019)

Attorneys

Justin D. Fuller
Justin Fuller — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent