No. 22-6835

Deon'te Reed v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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 ThayerFederal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent