No. 19-7480

David Paul Lynch v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-error eleventh-circuit harmless-error hearsay hearsay-statements jury-trial precedent sixth-amendment weight-of-evidence
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Latest Conference: 2020-03-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Eleventh Circuit violate this Court's precedent on harmless error

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Did the Eleventh Circuit violate this Court’s precedent on harmless error when it focused its harmless error analysis solely on the weight of the untainted evidence without considering the potential effect of the error (the erroneous admission of hearsay statements) on this jury at all? 2. Did the Eleventh Circuit violate Mr. Lynch’s Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial by determining that Mr. Lynch should have been convicted without considering the effects of the district court’s error on the jury that heard the case? i

Docket Entries

2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-01-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2020)

Attorneys

David Lynch
Mark J. O'BrienO'Brien Hatfield Reese, P.A., Petitioner
Mark J. O'BrienO'Brien Hatfield Reese, P.A., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent