No. 20-7586
Phillip Blough v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-conduct due-process judicial-error jury jury-instructions legal-prejudice right-to-fair-trial trial-by-jury trial-procedure
Key Terms:
Privacy
Privacy
Latest Conference:
2021-04-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the right to a trial by jury include the right to a jury informed of relevant and non-confusing jury instructions?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Question Presented for Review Acommon-sense extension of the right to a trial by jury is the right to a jury informed of relevant and non-confusing jury instructions. Here, the trial court read the jury an instruction non germane to the case at bar, that hinted at further criminal conduct. Should this Court hear this cause?
Docket Entries
2021-04-26
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
2021-04-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-03-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 26, 2021)
Attorneys
Phillip Blough
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent