No. 19-585
Robert Leigh Stoltz v. Virginia
Response Waived
Tags: age-of-consent criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions mens-rea reasonable-belief statutory-interpretation undercover-operations
Latest Conference:
2019-12-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is due process violated where the judge instructs the jury such that even if the jury finds that the defendant knew the alleged victim (an undercover police officer) was not underaged, they still must convict him if there was any "reason to believe" that the victim was under the legal age?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is due process violated where the judge instructs the jury such that even if the jury finds that the defendant knew the alleged victim (an undercover police officer) was not underaged, they still must convict him if there was any 'reason to believe' that the victim was under the legal age?
Docket Entries
2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-05
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Virginia to respond filed.
2019-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 4, 2019)
Attorneys
Commonwealth of Virginia
Toby Jay Heytens — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Robert Leigh Stoltz
Jonathan P. Sheldon — Jonathan Sheldon, Petitioner