No. 22-6947

Alexander Samuel Smith v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-03-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-1001 due-process entrapment false-statements fbi-investigation government-fabrication materiality statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2023-03-31
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a statement made to FBI agents can be material and knowingly false under 18 U.S.C. §1001(a) when the criminal enterprise underlying the statement was completely fabricated by those same agents.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a statement made to FBI agents can be material and knowingly false under 18 U.S.C. §1001(a) when the criminal enterprise underlying the statement was completely fabricated by those same agents

Docket Entries

2023-04-03
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
2023-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 5, 2023)

Attorneys

Alexander Samuel Smith
James W Kilbourne Jr.Allen Kilbourne + Stahl, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent