No. 21-7289

Katrina Brown v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: closing-argument criminal-procedure fair-trial judicial-error motion-for-severance prejudice right-to-counsel severance standby-counsel
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-04-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

I.
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED ERROR BY
ORDERING THE DEFENDANT TO GO FORWARD WITH CLOSING
ARGUMENT WITHOUT STANDBY COUNSEL LANDES BEING
PRESENT IN THE COURTROOM AND AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THE
DEFENDANT DURING HER CLOSING ARGUMENT AND THE
GOVERNMENT'S CLOSING ARGUMENT AND MR. BROWN'S CLOSING
ARGUMENT?

II.
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED ERROR BY FAILING
TO GRANT THE DEFENSE'S MOTION FOR SEVERANCE, RENEWED
MOTION FOR SEVERANCE DURING THE TRIAL SINCE JOINDER OF
DEFENDANTS WAS PREJUDICIAL TO THE SUBSTANTIAL RIGHT OF
THE DEFENDANT TO A FAIR TRIAL?

III.
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED ERROR WHEN IT DID
NOT SUA SPONTE OBJECT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S CLOSING
ARGUMENT THAT TAXPAYER'S FUNDS WERE BEING SPENT ON THE
FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY BY THE DEFENDANT?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-the-district-court-committed-error-by-ordering-the-defendant-to-go-forward-with-closing-argument-without-standby-counsel

Docket Entries

2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 6, 2022)

Attorneys

James Hernandez
James HernandezLaw Office of James A. Hernandez, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent