No. 20-6251

Timothy Tyrone Byers, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review judicial-power standing state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction united-states
Key Terms:
Arbitration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prosecution must always prove territorial jurisdiction over a crime in order to sustain a conviction?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)

Attorneys

Timothy T. Byers
Timothy T. Byers — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent