No. 19-1432
Charles Rainer Sinek v. United States
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. Varghese — Varghese & Associates, P.C., Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent