Sovereign immunity and defective indictments

Sovereign immunity and defective indictments

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This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Turkey is immune from suit from protesters injured by security forces at its ambassador’s residence, and whether a defective indictment for a federal gun crime was harmless or structural error.

Turkey claims immunity over May 2017 security altercation with protesters 

Republic of Turkey v. Usoyan raises a question under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in a case following a violent clash … Read the rest