No. 20-7632
Shannon D. Hixon v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: causation criminal-law criminal-statute death-results drug-overdose drug-trafficking due-process foreseeable-result jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing
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Latest Conference:
2021-04-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a defendant may be convicted under the 'death results' provision of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) without instructing the jury that it must decide whether the victim's death by drug overdose was a foreseeable result of the defendant's drug-trafficking offense
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW WHETHER A DEFENDANT MAY BE CONVICTED UNDER THE “DEATH RESULTS” PROVISION OF 21 U.S.C. § 841 (b) (1) (C) WITHOUT INSTRUCTING THE JURY THAT IT MUST DECIDE WHETHER THE VICTIM'S DEATH BY DRUG OVERDOSE WAS A FORSEEABLE RESULT OF THE DEFENDANT’ S DRUG-TRAFFICKING OFFENSE i LIST OF ALL
Docket Entries
2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-04-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-03-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 3, 2021)
Attorneys
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent