No. 20-1131
James C. Dimora v. United States
Response Waived
Tags: bribery conviction criminal-conviction due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions lawful-conduct legal-error official-act statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a McDonnell error can invalidate convictions on additional counts that do not have an 'official act' element but depend on the jury's assessment of whether that same conduct is unlawful
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a McDonnell error—i.e., defining the element of “official act” overbroadly in bribery counts and thereby enabling a jury to wrongly conclude that a public official’s lawful conduct is unlawful—can invalidate convictions on additional counts that do not have an “official act” element but depend on the jury’s assessment of whether that same conduct is unlawful.
Docket Entries
2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-02-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 19, 2021)
Attorneys
James Dimora
David Eduard Mills — The Mills Law Office LLC, Petitioner
David Eduard Mills — The Mills Law Office LLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent