No. 19-900

Jessica Vennie v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: conspiracy criminal-joinder criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure joinder legal-enterprise racketeering rico rico-act
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether charging two defendants with participating in the conduct of a single legal enterprise that has many legal purposes is sufficient to permit joinder under Rule 8(b), where the defendants have not been alleged to have coordinated with one another, connected with one another through any single conspiracy, or participated in a mutually beneficial plan.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Rule 8(b) permits joinder of defendants who participated in the same legal enterprise but were not alleged to have coordinated with one another

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-01-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Jessica Vennie
Jonathan Chun-Wei SuLatham & Watkins LLP, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent