No. 25-5223
Burte Gucci Rhodes v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-conviction interstate-commerce jury-instruction legal-sufficiency murder-for-hire procedural-error
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a conviction for murder-for-hire can properly be affirmed when the jury was instructed that it need not conclude an interstate facility was used before the murder took place
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Whether a conviction for murder -for-hire can properly be affirmed whe n the jury was instructed that it need not conclude an interstate facility was used before the murder took place.
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-04
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-07-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2025)
Attorneys
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent