No. 22-7673
James Michael Wells v. United States
Tags: anonymous-jury apprendi-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-selection jury-trial public-trial restitution-order sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2023-06-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a criminal defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to a public
jury, as opposed to an "anonymous" jury, in a federal criminal trial, and, if so,
whether a trial court can compromise that right without making any findings
whatsoever.
2. Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights established by Apprendi
v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000) and its progeny apply to a mandatory criminal
restitution order; alternatively, whether a jury trial is required for a mandatory
criminal restitution order under the Seventh Amendment.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a criminal defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to a public jury
Docket Entries
2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-06-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 30, 2023)
Attorneys
James Wells
Benjamin Lee Coleman — Benjamin L. Coleman Law PC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent