No. 20-7755

Wilbert James Veasey, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-regulations constitutional-rights due-process evidence fact-finding fair-trial judicial-proceedings jury-instructions sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the district court's jury instruction impermissibly impair and redirect the jury's considerations of the evidence by adding words from civil regulations, tainting the proceedings in violation of the petitioner's due process rights?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED (1) Did District court's Jury instruction impermissibly impair and redirect the jury's considerations of the evidence by adding word from Civil Regulations taint these proceeding in violation of Petitioner's Due Process Rights? (2) Did the Jury Instructions added Civil Regulations sway the Jury and taint these Jndicial proceedings? (3) Did the added érroneous: Jury Instructions usurped the jury's fact finding role? (4) Did the presence of a "biased" juror violate Petitioner's Sixth and Fifth Amendment Rights? . (5) Did a biased juror taint the Constitutional standards of a "Fair"Trial? (6) Did district court abuse its discretion by failing to remove the biased juror? (7) district court;Appellate court abused discretion by vsing decuments for their determinination in applying U.S.S.G § 2Bl1.1(b)(7)(iii)? (8) Was sentence procedurally unreasonable by applying enhancement : based on Non-Sheppard approved documents?

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-03-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 14, 2021)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Wilbert James Veasey, Jr.
Wilbert James Veasey Jr. — Petitioner
Wilbert James Veasey Jr. — Petitioner