No. 21-6859

Jaquirro T. Scott v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review plea-bargaining procedural-standard standing
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether acceptance of a guilty plea without establishing a crime against the United States constitutes a structural error that voids the subsequent judgment and sentence.

II. Whether a Certificate of Appealability as to whether the error of not establishing a crime against the United States in a guilty plea proceeding constitutes a structural error should have been granted.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a guilty plea without establishing a case against the United States is a structural error

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Jaquirro T. Scott
Jaquirro T. Scott — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent