No. 20-5773

William C. McGee v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (4)IFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure essential-element judicial-determination jury-instructions jury-trial sixth-amendment structural-error
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether omitting an essential element of the crime in both the indictment and jury instructions may be reviewed for harmlessness

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether omitting an essential element of the crime in both the indictment and jury instructions may be reviewed for harmlessness as held by the Eighth Circuit, or whether these are structural errors that violate a defendant’s substantial rights and undermine confidence in the outcome of the trial proceedings as held by the Fourth Circuit? II. Whether the judicial determination of crimes “committed on occasions different from one another” under the Armed Career Criminal Act violates the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial? i

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-10
Supplemental brief of petitioner William McGee filed.
2020-12-04
Rescheduled.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-20
Letter of Petitioner of William McGee submitted.
2020-11-19
Rescheduled.
2020-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-12
Reply of petitioner William McGee filed.
2020-10-30
Memorandum for the United States filed.
2020-10-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 30, 2020.
2020-10-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 26, 2020 to October 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 26, 2020)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
William McGee
Dan GoldbergFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Dan GoldbergFederal Public Defender, Petitioner