indictment-variance

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5030 Lani Lucas Limane, aka Lukasz Chad Limane v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error identity-theft indictment indictment-variance plain-error plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense rule-11 Was it plain error for a District Court to convict Petitioner on his plea of guilty to a crime never charged in the governing Indictment? When the su…
20-1460 Rolando Cruz, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-16 Dismissed Response Waived appellate-review conspiracy criminal-procedure evidence evidence-standard indictment indictment-variance rico-conspiracy third-circuit united-states-v-rowe I. WHETHER IT WAS ERROR FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT TO JUSTIFY AFFIRMANCE OF THE RICO CONSPIRACY CONVICTIONS ON THE BASIS OF EVIDENCE PROVING SOMETHING QUIT…
19-7779 Freddy Garcia v. Texas Texas 2020-02-26 Denied IFP constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,constitutional-erro harmless-error indictment indictment-variance jury-conviction jury-trial standard-of-review A jury convicted Freddy Garcia for a felony arising from a different incident than the one for which he was indicted. The State gave no pretrial notic…
19-5114 Jovanny Rodriguez v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi due-process evidence fifth-amendment indictment indictment-variance interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent trial variance 1) Petitioner was convicted and sentenced without having an opportunity to establish an alibi due to a variance between the indictment and evidence at…
18-6855 Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indictment indictment-variance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining proportionality sentencing sentencing-proportionality sentencing-reasonableness APPELLATE COUNSEL WAS GROSSLY INEFFECTIVE, BY ARGUING A MATERIAL VARIANCE IN THE INDICTMENT, INSTEAD OF THE MORE EGREGIOUS CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT OF T…
18-5464 Jose Benitez, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery closing-argument constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-specification indictment indictment-variance jury-instructions prosecutorial-discretion variance 1. Does a constructive amendment occur where the jury instructions relieve the Government of proving, as alleged in the indictment, that a defendant c…