No. 21-1082

Tarresse Leonard v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: criminal-procedure essential-element harmless-error indictment judicial-review motion-to-dismiss structural-error
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the erroneous denial of a timely raised motion to dismiss an indictment omitting an essential element is structural error requiring dismissal or is instead subject to harmless-error review.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the erroneous denial of a timely raised motion to dismiss an indictment omitting an essential element is structural error requiring dismissal or is instead subject to harmless-error review

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-19
Reply of petitioner Tarresse Leonard filed. (Distributed)
2022-04-06
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2022-03-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 6, 2022.
2022-02-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 7, 2022 to April 6, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-02-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2022)

Attorneys

Tarresse Leonard
R. Michael HurseyMichael Hursey, P.A., Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent