No. 21-5042

John Shields v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: controlled-substance criminal-procedure double-jeopardy evidence guilty-plea money-laundering plain-error waiver waiver-doctrine
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Circuit's blanket policy of relying on the waiver doctrine conflicts with this Court's plain-error-jurisprudence

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW |. Whether the Sixth Circuit’s blanket policy of relying on the waiver doctrine as justification for refusing to review an insufficiency of the evidence claim that rests on a ground or argument that was not asserted in the defendant’s motion for acquittal in the district court conflicts with this Court’s plain error jurisprudence? ll. Whether conducting a financial transaction to pay for a controlled substance that is intended for distribution constitutes money laundering under 18 U.S.C. §1956? lll. When a defendant advances a non-frivolous claim that his guilty plea to a count of conspiracy operates as a double jeopardy bar to prosecution under a subsequent indictment for conspiracy, must the district court conduct an evidentiary hearing, or receive evidence on the issue in some other manner, for purposes of determining whether the two conspiracy counts charge the same offense? i

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-08
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2021-09-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 8, 2021.
2021-09-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 8, 2021 to October 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-08-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 8, 2021.
2021-08-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 9, 2021 to September 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-06-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)

Attorneys

John Shields
Dennis C. Belli — Petitioner
Dennis C. Belli — Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent