No. 19-8411

Charles Burton v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-05-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-amendment harmless-error sixth-amendment structural-error
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-05-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether mailing a verdict to a criminal defendant through his counsel in violation of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment and Federal Criminal Rule of Procedure 43(a) constitutes structural error, and if so, whether harmless error review is the proper appellate standard

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether mailing a verdict to a criminal defendant through his counsel in violation of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment and Federal Criminal Rule of Procedure 43(a) constitutes structural error, and if so, whether harmless error review is the proper appellate standard. i

Docket Entries

2020-06-01
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
2020-05-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-04-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Charles Burton
Steven Richard JaegerThe Jaeger Firm PLLC, Petitioner
Steven Richard JaegerThe Jaeger Firm PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent