No. 18-6800

Robert Ryan Powell v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constructive-amendment double-jeopardy fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jury-instructions jury-unanimity plain-error sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Where jury instructions lack the dates and timeframes specified in the indictment, do the jury instructions constructively amend the indictment, and thus violate Fifth Amendment grand jury and double jeopardy protections, deny the right to jury unanimity guaranteed under Article III, § 2 and the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and subvert statute of limitations protections?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The questions presented in this case are as follows: Where jury instructions lack the dates and timeframes specified in the indictment, do the jury instructions constructively amend the indictment, and thus violate Fifth Amendment grand jury and double jeopardy protections, deny the right to jury unanimity guaranteed under Article Ill, § 2 and the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and subvert statute of limitations protections? Should a constructive amendment of the indictment necessarily result in per se prejudice or structural error requiring reversal even where the constructive claim is not raised below, or should the claim be subject to the plain error standard of review requiring a showing of prejudice?

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2018)

Attorneys

Robert Ryan Powell
Jonathan Stuart SolovyLaw Office of Jonathan S. Solovy, PLLC, Petitioner
Jonathan Stuart SolovyLaw Office of Jonathan S. Solovy, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent