No. 24-7267

Keith Todd Ashley v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: None
Latest Conference: 2025-06-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does this Court's precedent, and due process, prohibit a federal appellate court from upholding a conviction on a theory of guilt that was never charged in the indictment, presented by the prosecution, or submitted to the jury?

2. Whether a wire transfer, initiated without any misrepresentation to a financial institution, constitutes "theft by false pretense" from a bank under 18 U.S.C. ยง 2113(b), despite contrary rulings from the Third and Seventh Circuits?

3. Whether a defendant is denied fundamental due process when multiple trial errors โ€” culminating in the reversal of most convictions on appeal โ€” are deemed harmless in isolation, but collectively render the trial fundamentally unfair and the remaining verdicts unreliable?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified.

Docket Entries

2025-06-23
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
2025-05-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-05-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 20, 2025)

Attorneys

Keith Todd Ashley
James Patrick WhalenWhalen Law Office, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent