No. 20-8200
Brandon Dante Brooks-Davis v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-court criminal-procedure fairness-integrity-public-reputation intervening-supreme-court-decision judicial-review plain-error-review substantial-rights supreme-court-decision trial-record
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters outside the trial record to determine whether the error affected a defendant's substantial rights or impacted the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the trial?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters outside the trial record to determine whether the error affected a defendant's substantial rights or impacted the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the trial?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-05-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 6, 2021)
Attorneys
Brandon Brooks-Davis
Steven J. Wright — Law Office of Steven J. Wright, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent