No. 21-5185

Lexton Pellew v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2021-07-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeal conviction-count criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-review sentence-calculation sentencing sentencing-error
Key Terms:
Takings
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

The petitioner was not charged with aiding and abetting in counts 11-14 but the court allowed the jury verdict on those counts based upon an admittedly erroneous jury instruction. Therefore, should the convictions in counts 13-14 also be Vacated seeing that the consecutive sentence was derived from the origins! portion and he has already served the 10 Yr consecutive counts?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the convictions on counts 13-14 should be vacated due to erroneous jury instructions, given that the 10-year consecutive sentence was derived from those counts

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Lexton Pellew
Lexton Pellew — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent