No. 24-6003

Sydni Frazier v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-defendant first-degree-murder jury-trial predicate-offense sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict
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Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant's right to a jury trial under the Sixth Amendment is violated when the trial judge does not instruct the jury that it must be unanimous as to which form of First Degree Murder served as the predicate offense in the § 924(j) charge

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED (Rule 14.1(a)) Whether a criminal defendant’s right to a jury trial under the Sixth Amendment is violated when the trial judge does not instruct the jury that it must be unanimous as to which form of First Degree Murder served as the predicate offense in the § 924(j) charge. i

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-11-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 20, 2024)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent