indictment-specificity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-9806 Karlynn Romeo Tones, Donta Lyvoid Blackmon, and Arvin Terrill Carmen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment indictment-specificity jury-instructions jury-unanimity trial-evidence unanimity Do federal criminal defendants have a constitutional right to a specific unanimity instruction requiring the jury to unanimously define the duration a…
18-9723 Jennifer Cardenas v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment due-process false-statements indictment indictment-specificity jury-instruction statutory-interpretation variance visa-fraud 1. Whether an indictment charging visa fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a) or other crimes involving "false statements" must specify the allegedly false s…