No. 19-5176
Ernest L. Chambliss v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense evidence felon-in-possession firearm-possession jury-instructions standing
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a defendant who has been charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon is entitled to an entrapment instruction when the evidence demonstrates that someone other than the defendant has delivered the weapon to a confidential informant.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a defendant who has been charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon is entitled to an entrapment instruction when the evidence demonstrates that someone other than the defendant has delivered the weapon to a confidential informant
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-07-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 14, 2019)
Attorneys
Ernest L. Chambliss
Michael P. Maddux — Michael P. Maddux, P.A., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent