No. 20-5481
Fredrick Brown v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cross-examination federal-rules-of-evidence fifth-amendment mens-rea prior-acts sixth-amendment victim-witness-evidence
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Were the Petitioner's rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution infringed, where pursuant to F.R.E. 412, the Trial Court restricted Petitioner's ability to cross examine and/or introduce evidence of either prior or subsequent prostitution-related acts by the victim witnesses and where said evidence would serve to negate the mens rea elements of the crimes charged?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Were the Petitioner's rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments infringed?
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2020)
Attorneys
Fredrick Brown
Paul Philip Ackourey — Paul P. Ackourey, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent