No. 19-7364

Ernest William Singleton v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-v-maryland brady-violation controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-schedules drug-scheduling general-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-pain-clinic money-laundering surveillance-footage
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

I
WHEN A JURY FOUND SINGLETON GUILTY OF COUNT 10 OF
THE IMDICTMENT, WHICH ALLEGED THAT HE DISTRIBUTED "ULTRAM ";
HOW CAN IT BE DETERMINED THAT THE JURY DID NOT RELY
ON "ULTRAM " IN FINDING HIM GUILTY, OF MONEY LAUNDERING
THE PROCEEDS FROM DISTRIBUTING ULTRAM, OXYCODONE, AND
DIAZEPAM WHEN A GENERAL VERDICT FORM WAS USED? AFTER
TRIAL, ULTRAM WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE ON THE FEDERAL
DRUG SCHEDULES AND THEREFORE NOT A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL
CODES.

II
DID THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATE BRADY V.
MARYLAND WHEN THEY REFUSED TO RELEASE 34 C.I.
DEBRIEFING VIDEOS, WHICH WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED
SINGLETON 'S THOERY OF DEFENSE, I.E., THAT HE
WAS OPERATING A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PAIN
CLINIC?

III
DID THE PETITIONER RECEIVE INEFFECTIVE
ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, WHEN COUNSEL FAILED
TO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE COMPUTER HARD-DRIVES,
WHICH CONTAINED SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE THAT WOULD
HAVE SUPPORTED SINGLETON 'S THEORY OF DEFENSE AND
DISPROVED THE GOVERNMENT 'S THEORY OF PROSECUTION?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the jury relied on an invalid conviction for distributing Ultram in finding the defendant guilty of money laundering

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Ernest William Singleton
Ernest William Singleton — Petitioner
UNited States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent