No. 19-530

James Kerr Schlosser v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-denial judicial-misconduct mens-rea reasonableness religious-beliefs restitution right-to-a-complete-defense state-of-mind statutory-authority willfulness
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the lower courts erred regarding the denied evidence, violating the defendant's constitutional right to a complete defense, if the evidence denied would have better shown the jury the defendants "willfulness" "reasonableness" and "state of mind" at the time of the alleged crime, proving that the defendant had no mens rea?

2. When the Appellate Court instruction is vague regarding the District Court improperly ordering restitution as a penalty due immediately absence of statutory authority, and it damaged the appellant, what can be done to correct it?

3. Should the DOJ lawfully absolve the IRS, Prosecutors? or Judges? who seemingly have no accountability, and flagrantly twist, distort and mock a defendant's religious beliefs at trial, then weaponized those miss-stated beliefs in the media, leaving the slandered appellant indefensible?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower courts erred regarding the denied evidence, violating the defendant's constitutional right to a complete defense

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2019)
2019-08-15
Application (19A165) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 18, 2019.
2019-08-06
Application (19A165) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 19, 2019 to October 18, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

James Kerr Schlosser
James Kerr Schlosser — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent