No. 19-6418

Wayne Neville Morris v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability constructive-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error due-process fatal-variance fifth-amendment modified-categorical-approach rule-of-lenity sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a conviction based on an erroneous legal theory can be sustained when the petitioner presents clear and convincing evidence that the accused, attorneys, courts, and government did not correctly understand the essential elements of the charged crimes

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : _

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-10-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 29, 2019)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Wayne N. Morris
Wayne N. Morris — Petitioner
Wayne N. Morris — Petitioner