No. 21-7486

Eric Jamar Goodall v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-appeal illegal-sentence jurisdictional-defect ninth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing-error waiver waiver-doctrine
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Latest Conference: 2022-04-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Ninth Circuit err in dismissing the appeal when Mr. Goodall's plea agreement contains a count of conviction and resulting sentence that is no longer a crime, and an illegal sentence is a jurisdictional defect that is not waivable?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in dismissing the appeal when Mr. Goodall’s plea agreement contains a count of conviction and resulting sentence that is no longer a crime, and an illegal sentence is a jurisdictional defect that is not waivable? i

Docket Entries

2022-04-25
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
2022-03-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2022-03-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Eric Jamar Goodall
Angela Helen DowsCory Reade Dows & Shafer, Petitioner
Angela Helen DowsCory Reade Dows & Shafer, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent