No. 19-6776

William Dawson v. Bryan K. Wells

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process excessive-force good-faith habeas-corpus jurisdiction police-misconduct qualified-immunity sentencing voluntary-manslaughter writ
Latest Conference: 2020-03-06 (distributed 2 times)
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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner is entitled to a remand of the case with instructions for the district court to reduce his or her sentence to time served and order immediate release for voluntary manslaughter, where the investigating detective acted in good faith by investigating the location where the fleeing victim collapsed and died as the crime scene instead of the location where the victim was shot

Docket Entries

2020-03-09
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-02-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-01-17
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent Bryan K. Wells to respond filed.
2019-11-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 27, 2019)

Attorneys

Bryan K. Wells
Clarence Joe DelForge IIIN.C. Department of Justice, Respondent
William Dawson
William Dawson — Petitioner