No. 23-7491

Caesar V. Vaca v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-introduction fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-attorney
Latest Conference: 2024-06-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether trial attorney's error resulted in the introduction
of evidence under Federal Rules of Evidence 404(b) that led to
an unfair conviction.
OR
Whether trial attorney's error rendered the trial so
fundamentally unfair to have violated defendant's due process
rights?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether trial attorney's error resulted in the introduction of evidence under Federal Rules of Evidence 404(b) that led to an unfair conviction

Docket Entries

2024-09-06
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-08-15
DISTRIBUTED.
2024-07-11
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2024-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
2024-05-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-04-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 17, 2024)

Attorneys

Caesar Vaca
Caesar V. Vaca — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent