No. 19-5919

Marlon Romaine Carter v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2019-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constructive-possession criminal-conviction due-process felon-in-possession fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether the State of Louisiana misapplied Jackson v. Virginia sufficiency of evidence test when holding, to the contrary, the evidence was sufficient to find Marlon Carter guilty of constructive possession of firearm by a conviction felon?

II. Whether the State courts' decisions went behind the scope of Jackson v. Virginia when there was absolutely no evidence connecting Marion Carter to the firearm found near the area he was arrested?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the State of Louisiana misapplied Jackson v. Virginia sufficiency of evidence test

Docket Entries

2019-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-09-30
Waiver of right of respondent State of Louisiana to respond filed.
2019-06-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Marlon R. Carter
Marlon Romaine Carter — Petitioner
State of Louisiana
Dylan C. AlgeEast Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office, Respondent