No. 20-5947

Craig Martin Shults v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-115 criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process evidence-admissibility federal-judge federal-rules-of-evidence federal-statute federal-threat subsequent-act-evidence
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Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether subsequent act evidence of additional threats is admissible in an 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B) prosecution for threatening a federal judge when the government proves its case by playing a clear and unambiguous recording of the charged threat

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether, in an 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B) prosecution for threatening a federal judge, subsequent act evidence of additional threats made months after the charged conduct is inadmissible when the government proves its case as to the charged threat by playing a clear and unambiguous recording of the communication at issue? Prefix

Docket Entries

2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Craig Shults
Gary Paul BurchamBurcham & Zugman, Petitioner
Gary Paul BurchamBurcham & Zugman, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent