No. 20-5421

Doved Ben Downer v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: charging-document criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-possession due-process information-charging legal-sufficiency racketeering statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. IS SIMPLE POSSESSION UNDER F.S. 893.13(6)(A). A LEGALLY
PERMISSIBLE RACKETEERING PREDICATE INCIDENT UNDER F.S. §
895.02(l)(a), § 895.02(l)(b)?

2. CAN A DEFENDANT BE TRIED AND CONVICTED FOR AN OFFENSE
THAT THE INFORMATION DOES NOT ALLOWS?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether simple possession under Fla. Stat. § 893.13(6)(a) is a legally permissible racketeering predicate incident under Fla. Stat. §§ 895.02(1)(a), 895.02(1)(b)

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-18
Waiver of right of respondents Mark S. Inch, et al. to respond filed.
2020-07-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 18, 2020)

Attorneys

Doved Ben Downer
Doved Ben Downer — Petitioner
Mark S. Inch, et al.
Pamela J. KollerOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent