Paul Alexander, aka David Paul Hayes v. United States
1. Is the Fourth Circuit in violation of
Supreme Court precedent and in conflict with other
circuits when, in conducting a harmless error review,
it intentionally does not consider derivative evidence
that was obtained as a result of the unconstitutional
car search?
2. Is the Fourth Circuit in violation of
Supreme Court precedent and in conflict with other
circuits when, in conducting a harmless error review,
it assesses not the impact of the suppressed evidence
on the jury, but rather assesses only the overall
strength of the Government's untainted evidence?
Is the Fourth Circuit in violation of Supreme Court precedent and in conflict with other circuits when, in conducting a harmless error review, it intentionally does not consider derivative evidence that was obtained as a result of the unconstitutional car search?