No. 20-6003

Alvin Celius Andre v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-conflict criminal-procedure entrapment government-intervention jacobson-v-united-states jury-instruction predisposition ready-willingness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit's Entrapment Jury Instruction is in Conflict With Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540 (1992) and the Majority of the Federal Circuits

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW I. Whether the Eleventh Circuit’s Entrapment Jury Instruction is in Conflict With Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540 (1992) and the Majority of the Federal Circuits. II. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Misapplies Jacobson’s Predisposition Element by Permitting a Showing of a Defendant’s “Ready Willingness” to Commit a Crime Instead of Jacobson’s Requirement that Predisposition Focus on the Defendant Before Government Intervention. i INTERESTED PARTIES There are no

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 to respond filed.
2020-10-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Alvin Andre
Margaret Yvonne FoldesFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Margaret Yvonne FoldesFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent