No. 22-6835
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 924c-conviction brecht-standard conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions robbery-conspiracy stromberg-error
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2023-03-17
Question Presented (from Petition)
In applying harmless error review under Brecht, may a federal court disregard the prejudice resulting from Stromberg error, i.e., the jury's consideration of an invalid theory of liability, and instead ask only whether the object of a robbery conspiracy was drugs?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in disregarding the prejudice resulting from Stromberg error and instead applying a per se harmless error test based on the object of the robbery conspiracy being drugs
Docket Entries
2023-03-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-02-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-02-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 24, 2023)
Attorneys
Deon'te Reed, et al.
Cristen Thayer — Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent