No. 20-6003
Alvin Celius Andre v. United States
Tags: circuit-conflict criminal-procedure entrapment government-intervention jacobson-v-united-states jury-instruction predisposition ready-willingness
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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 Foldes — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Margaret Yvonne Foldes — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent