On October 17, 2022, this Court vacated Petitioner Womack's conviction in light of
Ruan v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2370, 213 L. Ed. 2d 706 (2022) and remanded for
further proceedings. On remand, the Sixth Circuit agreed with the parties that
Ruan applies to 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1) prosecutions, and also agreed that the jury
instructions given were error in light of Ruan. However, parting ways with other
circuits handling of this issue, the Sixth Circuit determined that Womack could not
meet the plain error standard. Is the Sixth Circuit's draconian view of the plain
error standard contrary to this Court's precedents, including Henderson v. United
States? 568 U.S. 266, 133 S. Ct. 1121, 185 L. Ed. 2d 85 (2018).
Is the Sixth Circuit's draconian view of the plain-error standard contrary to this Court's precedents, including Henderson-v-United-States?