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Vincent Gerald Garcia v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-10291 · judgment January 28, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026
Question presented
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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Anne Margaret Voigts
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 24 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 18 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 21 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2025)
- Sep 15 2025Application (25A294) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 23, 2025.
- Sep 11 2025Application (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.