No. 23-7075
Breon D. Hicks v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions section-924(c) section-924c unlawful-user
Latest Conference:
2024-04-19
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRONEOUSLY INSTRUCTED THE JURY CONCERNING THE SECTION 924(c) CHARGES?
II. WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED A KNOWING VIOLATION OF TITLE 18 U.S.C. SECTION 924(g)(3) (BEING AN UNLAWFUL USER OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WHILE KNOWINGLY POSSESSING A FIREARM)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the district court erroneously instructed the jury concerning the Section 924(c) charges?
Docket Entries
2024-04-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
2024-03-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-03-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 25, 2024)
2024-02-16
Application (23A757) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 19, 2024.
2024-02-06
Application (23A757) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 18, 2024 to April 18, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Breon Hicks
Richard L. Rosenbaum — Law Offices of Richard Rosenbaum, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent