No. 19-5176

Ernest L. Chambliss v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense evidence felon-in-possession firearm-possession jury-instructions standing
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant who has been charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon is entitled to an entrapment instruction when the evidence demonstrates that someone other than the defendant has delivered the weapon to a confidential informant

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a defendant who has been charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon is entitled to an entrapment instruction when the evidence demonstrates that someone other than the defendant has delivered the weapon to a confidential informant. LIST OF PROCEEDINGS 1. United States v. Ernest Chambliss, Case No. 8:15-cr-00476, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida; judgment entered April 13, 2017; 2. Ernest Chambliss v. United States, Case No. 17-11809; United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; judgment entered April 19, 2019; 3. Ernest Chambliss v. United States, Case No. ; United States Supreme Court; i

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-07-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Ernest L. Chambliss
Michael P. MadduxMichael P. Maddux, P.A., Petitioner
Michael P. MadduxMichael P. Maddux, P.A., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent