No. 20-6494

Jose Andres Vera-Gutierrez v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-error harmless-error witness-credibility
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Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether erroneously admitted evidence critical to proving an element of the charged offense can be deemed harmless based on the appellate court's determinations of witness credibility?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW WHETHER ERRONEOUSLY ADMITTED EVIDENCE CRITICAL TO PROVING AN ELEMENT OF THE CHARGED OFFENSE CAN BE DEEMED HARMLESS BASED ON THE APPELLATE COURT’S DETERMINATIONS OF WITNESS CREDIBILITY? ii

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 31, 2020)

Attorneys

Jose Vera-Gutierrez
Jordan S. KushnerJordan Kushner Law office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent