No. 20-5078

Vagan Adzhemyan v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: contested-element contested-elements due-process federal-kidnapping-statute harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions kidnapping-statute sixth-amendment structural-error
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment allows a district court to refuse to instruct jurors on the only contested element of the federal kidnapping statute

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether the Sixth Amendment allows a district court to refuse to instruct jurors on the only contested element of the federal kidnapping statute after previous jurors were unable to convict when instructed on every statutory element. Whether a district court’s failure to instruct jurors on contested statutory elements is reviewed for harmless error under Neder or for structural error. ii

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 14, 2020)

Attorneys

United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Vagan Adzhemyan
Knut Sveinbjorn JohnsonLaw Office of Knut S. Johnson, Petitioner
Knut Sveinbjorn JohnsonLaw Office of Knut S. Johnson, Petitioner