No. 18-9775

Dustin Washington v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment affidavit criminal-procedure drug-weight forfeiture fourth-amendment fourth-circuit motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant sentencing-error standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to find that the District Court erred in denying Mr. Washington'S Motion to Suppress the seizure of the BMW vehicle?

II. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to find that the record was insufficient as a matter of law to support the jury's findings that the amount of heroin Mr. Washington knew of or was reasonably foreseeable to him in the conspiracy wasl kilogram or more?

III. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to find that the District Court erred in sentencing Mr. Washington based upon the jury's insufficient findings that the amount of heroin Mr. Washington knew of or was reasonably foreseeable to him in the conspiracy was 1 kilogram or more?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in failing to find that the trial court erred in denying Mr. Washington's motion to suppress the search of the BMW

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States ofAmerica to respond filed.
2019-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2019)

Attorneys

Dustin Washington
Peter L. GoldmanSaboura, Goldman & Colombo, P.C., Petitioner
United States ofAmerica
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent