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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 (95% interval 3%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and a petition citing one or two dissents.

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

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 16, 2022 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 16 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 20 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
  3. Apr 19 2022
    Reply of petitioner Tarresse Leonard filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  4. Apr 06 2022
    Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  5. Mar 01 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 6, 2022.
  6. Feb 28 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 7, 2022 to April 6, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  7. Feb 01 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service