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Victor Samuel Brito v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-3709 · judgment May 22, 2025
Question presented
I. Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments guarantee a criminal defendant the right to have a jury consider and give effect to a necessity defense when there is any foundation in the evidence, and whether the trial court violated this right by precluding the necessity defense entirely.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stephen Jonathan Young
Law Office of S. Jonathan Young
For respondent
D. John Sauer
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 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Aug 07 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 04 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jul 21 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2025)