Legal Opinion
United States v. Resendiz-Ponce
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 9, 2007No. 05-998PublishedCited by 262 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
A jury convicted respondent Juan Resendiz-Ponce, a Mexican citizen, of illegally attempting to reenter the United States. Because the indictment failed to allege a specific overt act that he committed in seeking reentry, the Court of Appeals set aside his conviction and remanded for dismissal of the indictment. We granted the Government’s petition for certiorari to answer the question whether the omission of an element of a criminal offense from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error. 547 U. S. 1069 (2006).
Although the Government expressly declined to “seek review of the court of…
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