No. 18-6676

Herve Wilmore, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment wire-fraud
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-03-01 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Mr. Wilmore's right to be tried on charges accepted by a grand jury, and Mr. Wilmore's right to effective assistance of counsel, were violated, when the government was allowed to prove an essential element of wire fraud 18 U.S.C. 1343 at trial, with facts not alleged in the indictment, which thereby impermissibly constructively amended the indictment, in violation of the grand jury clause of the Fifth Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED a) WHETHER, MR. WILMORE'S RIGHT TO BE TRIED ON CHARGES ACCEPTED BY A GRAND JURY, AND MR. WILMORE'S RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, WERE VIOLATED, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALLOWED TO PROVE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF WIRE FRAUD 18 U.S.C. 1343 AT TRIAL, WITH FACTS NOT ALLEGED IN THE INDICTMENT, WHICH THEREBY IMPERMISSIBLY CONSTRUCTIVELY AMENDED THE INDICTMENT, IN VIOLATION OF THE GRAND JURY CLAUSE OF THE “FIFTH AMENDMENT"? f i Herve Wilmore, Jr. v. United States Case No.

Docket Entries

2019-03-04
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-01-11
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2018)

Attorneys

Herve Wilmore
Herve Wilmore Jr. — Petitioner
Herve Wilmore Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent