No. 19-6960

Ulriste Tulin v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment grand-jury indictment jury-instruction
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution requires a person to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, only if he is presented or indicted by a Grand Jury. This District Court, however, did not properly instruct the Jury concerning the fact that the accused was not indicted, hence the Jury did not have an opportunity to render an accurate verdict.

Does an inaccurate Jury Instruction on the content of the indictment violate due process of law? (Violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does an inaccurate Jury Instruction on the content of the indictment violate due process of law?

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 15, 2020)

Attorneys

Ulriste Tulin
Ulriste Tulin — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent