No. 24-253

Avery Curry Archuleta, aka Avery Archuleta v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: criminal-procedure jury-instruction legal-standard self-defense trial-court unanimity
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether trial courts must instruct juries that self-defense decisions require unanimity

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Petitioner, Avery Curry Archuleta, asks this Court to clarify that trial courts instruct juries that any decision on a self-defense must be unanimous. 1

Docket Entries

2024-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 7, 2024)

Attorneys

Avery Archuleta
Robert James McWhirterLaw Offices of Robert J. McWhirter, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent