No. 21-5641

Conoly Freddie Franklin, III, and Andre Anthony Franklin, aka Tommy Martin v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: charging-document circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure good-cause judicial-review plain-error plain-error-review sufficiency
Key Terms:
Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(b)(8) bar reviewing the sufficiency of a charging document absent a showing of good cause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(b)(8) bar reviewing the sufficiency of a charging document absent a showing of good cause as the Ninth Circuit held in Petitioners’ case, or does plain error review still apply as four other circuits have held? United States v. Robinson, 855 F.3d 265 (4th Cir. 2017); United States v. Vasquez, 899 F.3d 363 (5th Cir. 2018); United States v. Soto, 794 F.3d 635 (6th Cir. 2015); United States v. Sperrazza, 804 F.3d 1118 (11th Cir. 2015). -ii

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-08-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Conoly Freddie Franklin
David J. ZugmanBurcham & Zugman, Petitioner
David J. ZugmanBurcham & Zugman, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent