No. 19-8885

Juan Leonardo Cadenas-Urena v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-manufacturing due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-verdict premises-liability sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) DID THE PANEL ERR BY HOLDING THAT THE EVIDENCE IS SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN THE JURY'S GUILTY VERDICT?

2) DID THE PANEL ERR BY UPHOLDING THE APPLICATION OF U.S.S.G.§ 2D1.1(b)(12) BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT A FINDING THAT MR. CADENAS-URENA MAINTAINED A PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANUFACTURING OR DISTRIBUTING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the panel err by holding that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the jury's guilty verdict?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 31, 2020)

Attorneys

Juan Cadenas-Urena
Amy R BlalockBlalock Law Firm, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent