No. 19-6617
Melissa Morton v. United States
Tags: appeal appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure-waiver due-process inter-circuit-conflict intra-circuit-conflict jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-procedure right-relinquishment right-to-appeal waiver
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a defendant waives his right to challenge a jury instruction on appeal if he proposed the instruction below, even if the record contains no evidence demonstrating that he was aware of the right he was relinquishing at that time?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a defendant waives his right to challenge a jury instruction on appeal if he proposed the instruction below, even if the record contains no evidence demonstrating that he was aware of the right he was relinquishing at that time? Prefix
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2019)
Attorneys
Melissa Morton
Gary Paul Burcham — Burcham & Zugman, Petitioner
Gary Paul Burcham — Burcham & Zugman, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent