No. 24-87

Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: child-protection criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law retroactive-legislation sex-offenses statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Consistent with the presumption against retroactive legislation, whether the 2003 amendment to 18 U.S.C. § 3283, which extended the statute of limitations for sex offenses against children, was inapplicable to charged conduct from the 1990s, such that Defendant's charges were brought outside the applicable statute of limitations.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 2003 amendment to 18 U.S.C. § 3283 extended the statute of limitations for sex offenses against children to charges for conduct from the 1990s

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-05
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-07-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 28, 2024)

Attorneys

Robert Sylvester Kelly
Jennifer BonjeanBonjean Law Group, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent