No. 18-6364
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: barnes-v-united-states burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment in-re-winship
Latest Conference:
2018-11-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allows reliance on an inference that is at best more likely than not, but not beyond a reasonable doubt, to prove one of the elements of a crime?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allows reliance on an inference that is at best more likely than not, but not beyond a reasonable doubt, to prove one of the elements of a crime?
Docket Entries
2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-01
Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed.
2018-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2018)
Attorneys
Massachusetts
Randall Evan Ravitz — Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Phap Buth
John Henry Cunha Jr. — Cunha & Holcomb, P.C., Petitioner