No. 21-5185

Lexton Pellew v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2021-07-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeal conviction-count criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-review sentence-calculation sentencing sentencing-error
Key Terms:
Takings
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the convictions on counts 13-14 should be vacated due to erroneous jury instructions, given that the 10-year consecutive sentence was derived from those counts

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ~ The petitioner "was not charged with aiding and abetting in : : counts 11-14 but the court allowed the jury to returno a guilty . verdict on those counts based upon admittedly erroneous jury : instreution". Therefore, should the convictions in cts 13-14 also _ be Vacated seeing that the 10 yr consecutive ‘sentence was ‘@erived from the consecutive counts and he has already served the original , portion? 5 . . | : ; . .

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Lexton Pellew
Lexton Pellew — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent