No. 24-6343
Alexander Nicholaus Sweet v. United States
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Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess
FifthAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2025-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
1. Whether an indictment charging 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) lacks constitutionally required specificity if it does not provide a criminal defendant with notice of one of the government’s explicit theories of guilt . 2. Whether an indictment that fails to meet minimum constitutional standards is structural error .
Docket Entries
2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-27
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2025)
2024-12-10
Application (24A559) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until January 16, 2025.
2024-12-05
Application (24A559) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 17, 2024 to January 16, 2025, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
Attorneys
Alexander Sweet
Leah D. Yaffe — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent