No. 25A124
Steven Nicholas Fulton v. United States
Tags: appellate-reversal criminal-procedure felony-status jury-instruction prior-conviction standard-of-review
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a Court of Appeals may reinstate a jury verdict where the judge omitted a critical legal instruction to the jury on an element of the offense and the Government failed to challenge omission of that instruction.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a district court's determination of a defendant's prior felony conviction status is a question of law to be decided by the court, not submitted to the jury
Docket Entries
2025-07-30
Application (25A124) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 3, 2025.
2025-07-25
Application (25A124) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 4, 2025 to October 3, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Steven Fulton
Jaclyn L. Tarlton — Assistant Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent