No. 19-7084
Andrew Haley Morcombe v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: affirmative-defense criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process fair-trial international-kidnapping international-parental-kidnapping jury-instructions state-law state-law-definitions statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the failure of 18 U.S.C. § 1204 to define 'domestic violence' violates due process and deprives defendants of a fair trial
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED I. Whether the failure of 18 U.S.C. § 1204, the International Parental Kidnapping statute, to define the term “domestic violence” for purposes of an affirmative defense set forth in the statute violates due process and deprives defendants of a fair trial when defendants assert the affirmative defense of fleeing an incidence or pattern of domestic violence because the statute’s failure to define domestic violence forces district courts to rely on varying state court definitions of that term when instructing a jury? ii
Docket Entries
2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2020-01-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 29, 2020)
Attorneys
Andrew Morcombe
Bjorn Erik Brunvand — Brunvand Wise PA, Petitioner
Bjorn Erik Brunvand — Brunvand Wise PA, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent