No. 19-6972

Tarsis Guillermo Sanchez-Mora v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-procedure jury-instruction jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice plain-error rico-conspiracy statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should this Court grant certiorari to correct a miscarriage of justice and provide needed clarification of the RICO law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The lower court's ruling failed to correct a miscarriage of justice by allowing a conviction to stand, where the trial court’s jury instruction on the elements of the RICO conspiracy offense constituted plain error. The jury instruction contradicted previous statements of the law by the First Circuit Court of Appeals and reflects an incongruity in the interpretation by federal circuit courts of a core provision of the RICO law. Should this Court grant certiorari not only to correct a miscarriage of justice, but to provide needed clarification of the law? ii

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Tarsis Guillermo Sanchez-Mora
Theodore Marvin LothsteinLothstein Guerriero, PLLC, Petitioner
Theodore Marvin LothsteinLothstein Guerriero, PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent