No. 19-7705

Michael Roman Burghardt v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split criminal-defendant criminal-procedure-waiver direct-appeal element-of-offense elements-of-offense indictment plain-error-review plea-colloquy rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement supreme-court-precedent waiver
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant has waived a claim that the indictment failed to charge an element of the offense

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a criminal defendant has waived a claim that the indictment failed to charge an element of the offense where the claim arose while his case was on direct appeal, when this Court first recognized the element in Rehaif v. United States, --U.S. --189 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), abrogating uniform Circuit decisions defining the elements of the offense? 2. How does plain-error review apply when a criminal defendant argues that his plea colloquy did not explain all of the elements of the offense, and the trial record does not contain relevant information because the omitted element was first recognized while the case was on direct appeal? 3. Whether the First Circuit erroneously applied Moncriefte v. Holder, 569 U.S. 184 (2013), Mathis v. United States, --U.S. ---, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), Gonzalez v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007), and the rule of lenity when it concluded that where a state law is ambiguous, but can reasonably be construed to criminalize certain conduct that might fall outside of the ACCA, the defendant must show that the state actually has or would prosecute this non-generic conduct? 4, Whether this Court should reconsider the holding of A/mendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), given that it conflicts with other sentencing cases of this Court by permitting sentence enhancements based on prior convictions that were not pled or proven? i

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Michael Roman Burghardt
Christine DeMasoFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Christine DeMasoFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent