No. 18-5604

Joe Fidel Flores v. W. L. Montgomery, Acting Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony gang-expert-testimony jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Under the standard clearly established by this Court in Jackson v. Virginia, can a rational juror find an essential fact beyond a reasonable doubt based on the mere say-so of a gang officer "expert"?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Under the standard clearly established by this Court in Jackson v. Virginia, can a rational juror find an essential fact beyond a reasonable doubt based on the mere say-so of a gang officer expert?"

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-16
Waiver of right of respondent W.L. Montgomery to respond filed.
Main Document
2018-07-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 14, 2018)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionProof of Service

Attorneys

Joe Flores
Michael T. Drake — Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, Petitioner
W.L. Montgomery
Toni Raven Johns-Estaville — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent