No. 18-9806

Karlynn Romeo Tones, Donta Lyvoid Blackmon, and Arvin Terrill Carmen v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment indictment-specificity jury-instructions jury-unanimity trial-evidence unanimity
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Do federal criminal defendants have a constitutional right to a specific unanimity instruction requiring the jury to unanimously define the duration and membership of the large conspiracy charged in the indictment where the evidence at trial established that the defendants were members of conspiracies different from the much larger overarching conspiracy charged against them?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do federal criminal defendants have a constitutional right to a specific unanimity instruction requiring the jury to unanimously define the duration and membership of the large conspiracy charged in the indictment where the evidence at trial established that the defendants were members of conspiracies different from the much larger overarching conspiracy charged against them?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-06-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 26, 2019)

Attorneys

Karlynn Tones, et al.
Suzanne Lee ElliottSuite 1300, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent