No. 21-6011

Robert Leslie Stencil v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: adversarial-defendant clean-energy criminal-procedure defendant-prejudice due-process fraud-intent prejudice severance trial-severance
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether due process is violated when a trial court denies a motion to sever the trial, resulting in prejudice to petitioner

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether due process is violated when a trial court denies a motion to sever the trial, resulting in prejudice to petitioner because an adversarial defendant becomes a second prosecutor and the evidence supports petitioner’s position that he never intended to defraud, but instead created a legitimate business seeking to promote clean energy vehicles. i

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Robert Stencil
Joseph Bart GilbertTarlton Polk PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent