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Andre Brown and Anthony Wilson v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-50025, 19-50037 · judgment September 22, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021

Question presented

Whether government agents can testify solely as lay witnesses under Rule 701 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, when they were not parties to the conversation and when their opinions are not rationally based on their perceptions, as held by the Ninth Circuit, in direct conflict with rules that the Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, and D.C. Circuits have adopted?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Verna Jean Wefald
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 01 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 28 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  4. Jun 08 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 23, 2021)