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Gertrude Parker v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-30127 · judgment June 15, 2021
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
WHETHER PARKER WAS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL GUARANTEED BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AS A RESULT OF HER TRIAL COUNSEL’S FAILURE TO PRESENT EVIDENCE TO THE JURY, AND ACCOMPANYING ARGUMENT, THAT PARKER’S CONDUCT WAS NOT CRIMINAL BECAUSE SHE WAS OPERATING UNDER A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF THE MEDICARE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS AND PARKER WAS PREJUDICED WHEN THE JURY RETURNED A GENERAL GUILTY VERDICT BASED ON INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE AS TO ONE OF THE THREE ALLEGED ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF THE CONSPIRACY.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William Mallory Kent
Kent & McFarland
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting 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, October 12, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 12 2021Petition DENIED.
- Sep 22 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
- Sep 20 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 10 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2021)