No. 21-8044
Bobby Dewayne Thompson, II v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process firearm-possession ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions right-to-counsel second-amendment trial-strategy
Key Terms:
Takings HabeasCorpus
Takings HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did trial counsel entirely fail to present a defense to illegally possessing a firearm by conceding that Thompson possessed a gun when the court's instructions permitted the jury to convict him for that possession?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Did trial counsel entirely fail to present a defense to illegally possessing a firearm by conceding that Thompson possessed a gun when the court's instructions permitted the jury to convict him for that possession? 1
Docket Entries
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-05-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 5, 2022)
Attorneys
Bobby Thompson
Quinlan Steiner — Steiner Law, LLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent