No. 21-8106

Jay Jurdi v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure government-misconduct ineffective-assistance jurisdictional-issue legal-standard preservation-of-error procedural-question self-incrimination sentencing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

Was Jurdi's counsel ineffective for failing to object to, and thereby preserve for appeal, the fact that the government intended to use a non-qualifying prior offense to enhance his sentence?

Was Jurdi's counsel ineffective for his failure to request that the district court question the jurors concerning apparent premature deliberations? And for counsel's failure to request a specific and direct admonishment to the jury that it should refrain from deliberations - absolutely - until it was instructed to begin by the Court?

Was Jurdi's counsel ineffective for his failure to object to the prosecutor's knowing use of false evidence by Anthony Grasso?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was Brent's counsel ineffective for failing to object to, and thereby preserve for review, the government-intended use of a novel, self-incriminating process of refusal to answer his sentence?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-05-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 11, 2022)

Attorneys

Jay Jurdi
Jay Jurdi — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent