No. 19-8415

Arthur Stanley v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-05-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process evidence-relevance federal-rules-of-evidence gang-related-crime relevant-evidence rico-statute rule-401 standing statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2020-05-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Where the Government introduced a cache of weapons found four years before the alleged crime, simply because gang graffiti was found nearby, should certiorari be granted to address the limits of relevant evidence under Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Where the Government introduced a cache of weapons found four years before the alleged crime, simply because gang graffiti was found nearby, should certiorari be granted to address the limits of relevant evidence under Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence? 2. Where this Court has never addressed the VCAR statute, should certiorari be granted where the Government failed to prove four of the five elements of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1), namely, (1) that the organization was a RICO enterprise, (2) that the enterprise was engaged in racketeering activity as defined in RICO, (3) that the Petitioner had a position in the enterprise, and (4) that the Petitioner’s general purpose in committing murder was to maintain or increase his position in the enterprise? i

Docket Entries

2020-06-01
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
2020-05-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-04-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 8, 2020)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent