No. 23-6601

Quentin John Fishburne v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment criminal-conviction due-process exclusionary-rule firearm-possession fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-checkpoint traffic-stop
Latest Conference: 2024-03-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to reverse the trial court's order denying the Petitioner's Motion to Suppress the discovery of a firearm during a traffic check point in violation of the Petitioner's Fourth Amendment right to unreasonable search and seizure.

Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to reverse the trial court's failure to properly charge the jury that the Petitioner had to know his prior felony conviction made him ineligible to possess a firearm.

Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in failing to reverse the trial court's sentence of the Petitioner to 285 months imprisonment in violation of the Petitioner's Fifth Amendment protection against Double Jeopardy.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to reverse the trial court's order denying the Petitioner's Motion to Suppress the discovery of a firearm during a traffic check point in violation of the Petitioner's Fourth Amendment right to unreasonable search and seizure

Docket Entries

2024-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2024)

Attorneys

Quentin John Fishburne
A. Peter Shahid Jr.Shahid law Office, LLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent