No. 22-84
Tags: controlled-substances-act conviction-appeal criminal-law due-process jury-instruction physician-conviction ruan-standard ruan-v-united-states scienter statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2022-10-07
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand a judgment sustaining the conviction of a physician under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) where the jury was given a scienter instruction that is flatly inconsistent with this Court's recent decision in Ruan v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022).
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand a judgment sustaining the conviction of a physician under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Docket Entries
2022-11-14
Judgment issued.
2022-10-11
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Xiulu Ruan v. United States, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
2022-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-08-29
Memorandum for the United States filed.
2022-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2022)
Attorneys
Saad Sakkal
Lawrence Saul Robbins — Kramer Levin Robbins Russell, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent