No. 20-7124

George Skylar Cloud v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure district-court-discretion evidence evidence-admission federal-charges federal-criminal-law firearm-discharge guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the district court error when it allowed the government to introduce into evidence the Petitioner's guilty plea, in a separate pending matter, to the federal charge of Discharge of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2119 and the facts of his pending federal charge of Possession of Contraband in Prison in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1791

Question Presented (from Petition)

ISSUE PRESENTED Did the district court error when it allowed the government to introduce into evidence the Petitioner’s guilty plea, in a separate pending matter, to the federal charge of Discharge of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2119 and the facts of his pending federal charge of Possession of Contraband in Prison in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1791. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI 4 OPINION BELOW On October 22, 2020, the Ninth Circuit entered its opinion affirming the conviction and sentence of the Petitioner for Murder in the First Degree and Discharging a Firearm During a Crime of Violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1, 924(c). A copy of that opinion is attached as

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 15, 2021)

Attorneys

George Cloud
Nicholas Wright MarchiCarney & Marchi, Petitioner
Nicholas Wright MarchiCarney & Marchi, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent