No. 19-1432

Charles Rainer Sinek v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appeal criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure jury-instructions prejudice rule-30 summation
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a district court violates Fed. R. Crim. P. 30 and delivers a jury instruction different than what the parties were told to expect, must a defendant show that the instruction given explicitly contradicted statements made in the defense summation in order to establish prejudice?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant must show an explicit, verbatim contradiction between arguments made in summation and a jury instruction delivered in violation of Fed. R. Crim. P. 30 to establish prejudice

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-06-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2020)

Attorneys

Charles Rainer Sinek
Vinoo P. VargheseVarghese & Associates, P.C., Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent