No. 19-6898

Demicko Billie Thomas v. Maggie Miller-Stout, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment musacchio-precedent musacchio-v-united-states ninth-circuit reasonable-doubt supreme-court-review washington-state-supreme-court
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER THE WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT'S
DISAPPROVING OF THIS COURT'S DECISION IN
MUSACCHIO V. UNITED STATES,
136 S.Ct. 709 (2016), IS BINDING ON THIS
COURT AND THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.

WHETHER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT REQUIRES EACH
AND EVERY ELEMENT OF A CHARGED OFFENSE TO BE
PROVEN BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires each and every element of a charged offense to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-16
Waiver of right of respondent Miller-Stout, Warden, et al. to respond filed.
2019-11-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Demicko Billie Thomas
Demicko Billie Thomas — Petitioner
Miller-Stout, Warden, et al.
Anne Elizabeth EgelerAttorney General's Office, Respondent