No. 18-9809
IFP
Tags: automobile-presumption burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions possession reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation statutory-presumption
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
When is evidence sufficient to render the "Automobile Presumtion" N.Y. P.L. §265.15 (3)(a) inapplicable?
Does the N.Y.P.L. §265.15 (3)(a), violates the due process clause of Fourteenth Amendment where it relieves the state of it's burden of proving the elementsof possession under N.Y.".L.§265.03 (3) beyond a reasonable doubt when the exceptions are omitted from the jury instructions?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
When is evidence sufficient to render the 'Automobile Presumption' N.Y. P.-L. §265.15 (3)(a) inapplicable?
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-03-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 26, 2019)
Attorneys
Willie Strong
Willie Strong Jr. — Petitioner