No. 19-5317

Alonzo Vernon v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review chapman-v-california constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial harmless-error jones-v-stinson sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Second Circuit's decision in the instant case created a conflict with the Court's decision in Chapman, supra?

Further, whether the Second Circuit's decision in the instant case created precedent that will allow the government to change its theory of a case, at the eleventh hour, without any proof of that theory and violate defendants' rights to due process as a result?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Second Circuit's decision in the instant case created a conflict with the Court's decision in Chapman, supra?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 23, 2019)

Attorneys

Alonzo Vernon
Rachael Elizabeth ReeseO'Brien Hatfield, P.A., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent