No. 19-7923

Barlow Smith v. Terry Kennedy

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process errors-made-by-court-of-appeals errors-made-by-district-court federal-jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice no-evidence no-evidence-claim summary
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Under this Court's decisions is Petitioner actually innocent?

When there is no evidence that a crime was committed, are conviction and sentence alone a miscarriage of justice to be rectified by a federal court?

Does Petitioner's no-evidence claim merit reversal of his conviction?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the petitioner actually innocent?

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-03-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Barlow Smith
Barlow Smith — Petitioner