March 11, 2019 Lynch Files Supreme Court Certiorari

Free Federal Public Defenders file Supreme Court Certiorari in USA vs Lynch, Lynch vs USA

Lynch vs USA
The questions presented are:
1. May a trial judge issue a coercive anti-nullification instruction to criminal jurors?
2. May a federal defendant present an entrapment-by-estoppel defense based on implicit government assurances that his conduct is legal, as this Court and the Second, Third, and Fourth Circuits have held, or must the assurances be express, as the Ninth Circuit held in Petitioner’s case?