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Tarresse Leonard v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 19-14142 · judgment July 8, 2021
Certiorari denied · May 16, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and an Eleventh Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Whether the erroneous denial of a timely raised motion to dismiss an indictment omitting an essential element is structural error requiring dismissal or is instead subject to harmless-error review.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
R. Michael Hursey
Michael Hursey, P.A.
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- May 16 2022Petition DENIED.
- Apr 20 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
- Apr 19 2022Reply of petitioner Tarresse Leonard filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 06 2022Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Mar 01 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 6, 2022.
- Feb 28 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 7, 2022 to April 6, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 01 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2022)