No. 18-7050
Javier Portillo v. United States
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
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
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent