No. 20-6817

Jerry Lee Quinn v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split codefendant codefendant-testimony evidence-admission fifth-circuit-review hearsay hearsay-statement plain-error prior-consistent-statements prosecutorial-misconduct tome
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Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit misapplied the plain error doctrine to bar review of the defendant's claim that the prosecution wrongly relied on a hearsay statement of his codefendant made after the codefendant's arrest

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW I. THIS COURT SHOULD GRANT CERTIORARI BECAUSE THE FIFTH CIRCUIT’S MISAPPLICATION OF THE PLAIN ERROR DOCTRINE TO BAR REVIEW OF QUINN’S CLAIM THAT THE PROSECUTION WRONGLY RELIED ON A HEARSAY STATEMENT OF HIS CODEFENDANT MADE AFTER THE CODEFENDANT’S ARREST IN ORDER TO SECURE LENIENCY. SPECIICALLY, IN APPLYING PLAIN ERROR REVIEW, THE COURT ERRONEOUSLY OVERRULED A FACTUAL CONCESSION MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS BRIEFS THAT QUINN PRESERVED THE ERROR BY OBJECTING TO THE STATEMENT AS HEARSAY, THE SAME GROUND HE RAISED IN HIS APPELLATE BRIEF. II]. EVEN IF PLAIN ERROR IS THE APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF REVIEW, THE FIFTH CIRCUIT IGNORED THE PURPOSE OF THIS COURT’S DECISION IN TOME AND CASE LAW FROM OTHER CIRCUITS THAT HAVE EXCLUDED PRIOR CONSISTENT STATEMENTS GIVEN AT THE TIME OF ARREST EVEN WHERE FOLLOWED BY PLEA AGREEMENTS. THIS COURT, THEREFORE, SHOULD GRANT THE PETITION BECAUSE THE FIFTH CIRCUIT’S DECISION IS INCONSISTENT WITH TOME AND CASE LAW FROM OTHER CIRCUITS. LIST OF ALL PARTIES The undersigned counsel of record certifies that all

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-01-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2021)

Attorneys

Jerry Lee Quinn
Julie Ann Epps — Petitioner
Julie Ann Epps — Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent