No. 20-6339

George B. Larsen v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: bad-faith-defense bank-fraud due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-instructions sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court's bank-fraud jury instructions that erroneously omitted a factually supported bad-faith defense violated the defendants' Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to due process and a fair trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Where a United States district court’s bank-fraud jury instructions erroneously omit a factually supported bad-faith defense — which is an absolute defense — do the instructions violate defendants’ Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to due process and a fair trial? 1

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-18
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2021-01-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 18, 2021.
2021-01-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 19, 2021 to February 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-12-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 19, 2021.
2020-12-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 17, 2020 to January 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 17, 2020)

Attorneys

George Larsen
Kurt David HermansenFederal Public Defender District of Oregon, Petitioner
Kurt David HermansenFederal Public Defender District of Oregon, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent