No. 19-6617

Melissa Morton v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
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
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 BurchamBurcham & Zugman, Petitioner
Gary Paul BurchamBurcham & Zugman, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent