No. 18-7050

Javier Portillo v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: border-crossing border-search criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence jury knowledge-standard mens-rea narcotics-possession ninth-circuit standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence trial-sufficiency
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-01-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Ninth Circuit's analysis of the facts was inadequate and whether, when the entirety of facts presented at trial was considered, there was sufficient evidence that petitioner Javier Portillo had knowledge of narcotics hidden in his vehicle at the time he crossed the border from Mexico into the United States.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit's analysis of the facts was inadequate

Docket Entries

2019-01-14
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-12-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 16, 2019)

Attorneys

Javier Portillo
Elizabeth Armena MissakianLaw Office of Elizabeth A. Missakian, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent