No. 19-5631

Joe Fernandez v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-924c aider-and-abettor aider-and-abettor-liability aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error-analysis harmless-error jury-instruction rosemond-standard rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the failure to give an instruction on aider and abetter liability for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that comported with this Court's decision in Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65, 134 S. Ct. 124, 188 L. Ed.2d 248 (2014), is subject to a harmless error analysis; whether the error can be overcome by a showing that the evidence would have been legally sufficient had a proper instruction had been given

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether the failure to give an instruction on aider and abetter liability for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that comported with this Court’s decision in Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65, 134 S. Ct. 124, 188 L. Ed.2d 248 (2014), is subject to a harmless error analysis; whether the error can be overcome by a showing that the evidence would have been legally sufficient had a proper instruction had been given. This is a question that was intentionally and specifically left unaddressed by this Court when it decided Rosemond. STATEMENT OF PARTIES The Petitioner is Joe Fernandez. The Respondent is the United States of America. The parties were the same in the District Court and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. -ii

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-05-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 18, 2019)

Attorneys

Joe Fernandez
Ruth M. Liebesman — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent