No. 19-7630

Paris Hollingshed v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure fairness-integrity judicial-review jury-instructions plain-error public-reputation substantial-rights supreme-court-precedent trial-record
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether plain-error review for failure to instruct on an element of the offense allows courts to review beyond the trial record

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED (1) Whether plain-error review for failure to instruct on an element of the offense, based upon an intervening U.S. Supreme Court decision, allows courts to review beyond the trial record when analyzing whether the error affected a defendant’s substantial rights or impacted the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the trial? (2) Whether plain-error review for failure to instruct on an element of the offense requires the evidence to be “overwhelming” to find that the error did not affect a defendant’s substantial rights or impact the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the trial?

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-02-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 12, 2020)

Attorneys

Paris Hollingshed
Heather Rae QuickFederal Public Defender Office for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, Petitioner
Heather Rae QuickFederal Public Defender Office for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent