No. 20-5959

Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (3)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether error under Rehaif v. United States constitutes plain error

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether this Court should grant review to resolve a split between the circuits courts’ determination of whether error under Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), constitutes plain error. II. Whether this Court should grant certiorari to determine whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) is unconstitutional by exceeding the scope of the commerce clause and whether the statute requires knowledge of the interstate commerce element? III. Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant’s statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either admitted by the defendant or proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? IV. Whether the definition of “delivery” in the Texas controlled substances statute, which includes an offer to sell includes conduct that does not qualify as a “serious drug offense”? ii

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.
2020-12-15
Rescheduled.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-13
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2020-11-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2020.
2020-11-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 9, 2020 to November 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Clinton Devone Hicks
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent