No. 25-6241

Vincent Gerald Garcia v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: conspiracy criminal-procedure jury-unanimity plain-error sixth-amendment vicar-prosecution
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Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court commits plain error and violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a unanimous jury verdict when it fails to give a specific unanimity instruction in a multi-act VICAR conspiracy prosecution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether a district court commits plain error and violates a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a unanimous jury verdict when it fails to give a specific unanimity instruction in a multi -act VICAR conspiracy prosecution, where the Government presents evidence of multiple distinct violent conspiracies but the jury is not required to agree on which particular agreement the defendant joined.

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2025)
2025-09-15
Application (25A294) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 23, 2025.
2025-09-11
Application (25A294) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 24, 2025 to November 23, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Vincent Garcia
Anne Margaret VoigtsPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Petitioner
Anne Margaret VoigtsPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Petitioner