No. 22-6947
Alexander Samuel Smith v. United States
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. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent