Supreme Court of the United States

Roy Elbert Carlton v. United States.

June 22, 2015135 S. Ct. 2399

Summary

The Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Roy Carlton. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Breyer, explained that while the Fifth Circuit’s rule that factual errors cannot be reviewed under plain error is misguided, the Court declined to intervene.