No. 21-5489

Jerris M. Blanks v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: circuit-conflict criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence good-cause judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-offer prejudicial-evidence pretrial-motion
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-12-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant can refile a pretrial motion after withdrawing it

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether, in direct conflict with decisions of other circuits, the Eighth Circuit correctly held that under Fed. R. Crim. P. 12(c), a defendant who knowingly and voluntarily withdraws a pretrial motion, even as a condition of accepting a plea offer the district court later rejects, cannot ever show good cause to refile it. 2. Whether, in direct conflict with decisions of other circuits, the Eighth Circuit correctly held that a district court has discretion to admit evidence over an objection under Fed. R. Evid. 403 that it is unduly prejudicial or needlessly cumulative, without first having viewed the evidence at issue.

Docket Entries

2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-09
Reply of petitioner Jerris Blanks filed. (Distributed)
2021-10-27
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2021-09-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 27, 2021.
2021-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 27, 2021 to October 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-08-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 27, 2021)

Attorneys

Jerris Blanks
Jonathan Theodore SternbergJonathan Sternberg Attorney, P.C., Petitioner
Jonathan Theodore SternbergJonathan Sternberg Attorney, P.C., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent