No. 19-5436

Martin Araiza-Jacobo v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error deliberate-ignorance harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-sufficiency standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the standard for assessing the harmlessness of an erroneously submitted deliberate-ignorance instruction turns only on the legal sufficiency of the evidence of guilt, as the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits hold, or instead requires an inquiry into the instruction's potential effect on the jury's verdict, as the Second, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits hold.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the standard for assessing the harmlessness of an erroneously submitted deliberate-ignorance instruction turns only on the legal sufficiency of the evidence of guilt, as the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits hold, or instead requires an inquiry into the instruction's potential effect on the jury's verdict, as the Second, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits hold

Docket Entries

2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-10-17
Reply of petitioner Martin Araiza-Jacobo filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-03
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2019-09-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 3, 2019.
2019-09-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 3, 2019 to October 3, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 3, 2019)

Attorneys

Martin Araiza-Jacobo
Evan Gray HowzeOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent