No. 20-5078
Vagan Adzhemyan v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: contested-element contested-elements due-process federal-kidnapping-statute harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions kidnapping-statute sixth-amendment structural-error
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Sixth Amendment allows a district court to refuse to instruct jurors on the only contested element of the federal kidnapping statute after previous jurors were unable to convict when instructed on every statutory element.
Whether a district court's failure to instruct jurors on contested statutory elements is reviewed for harmless error under Neder or for structural error.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Sixth Amendment allows a district court to refuse to instruct jurors on the only contested element of the federal kidnapping statute
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 14, 2020)
Attorneys
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Vagan Adzhemyan
Knut Sveinbjorn Johnson — Law Office of Knut S. Johnson, Petitioner