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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
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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 01 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jun 28 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
- Jun 08 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 23, 2021)