No. 21-408

Gertrude Parker v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: conspiracy-charge criminal-intent criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel general-verdict insufficient-evidence jury-verdict medicare medicare-statutes reasonable-interpretation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Parker was denied effective assistance of counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER PARKER WAS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL GUARANTEED BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AS A RESULT OF HER TRIAL COUNSELS FAILURE TO PRESENT EVIDENCE TO THE JURY, AND ACCOMPANYING ARGUMENT, THAT PARKER’S CONDUCT WAS NOT CRIMINAL BECAUSE SHE WAS OPERATING UNDER A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF THE MEDICARE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS AND PARKER WAS PREJUDICED WHEN THE JURY RETURNED A GENERAL GUILTY VERDICT BASED ON INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE AS TO ONE OF THE THREE ALLEGED ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF THE CONSPIRACY.

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Gertrude Parker
William Mallory KentKent & McFarland, Petitioner
William Mallory KentKent & McFarland, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent