No. 21-7055

Eugene Willis v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brandishing carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-intent due-process-rights firearm ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intent judgment-of-acquittal jury-instructions statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2022-02-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an attorney was ineffective for failing to argue the government failed to prove intent under 18 U.S.C. § 2119(a)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED In compliance with Holloway V. United States, 526 U.S. 1 (1991), is an attorney ineffective for failing to argue before the jury the Government failed to prove "Willis intended to cause death or serious bodily harm under 18 U.S.C. § 2119(a)?" Il. Is an attorney ineffective for failing to properly argue before the Court that Willis was entitled to a judgment of acquittal on Count Four because the Firearm was not brandished during the carjacking? .

Docket Entries

2022-02-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
2022-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-01-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 7, 2022)

Attorneys

Eugene Willis
Eugene Willis — Petitioner
Eugene Willis — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent