No. 20-5548

James Michael Hood v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-justice criminal-predisposition digital-inducement digital-relationships due-process entrapment entrapment-defense law-enforcement-sting minor-enticement predisposition sting-operation
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, when the government has induced a person to break the law and the defense of entrapment is at issue, the government need only show that its inducement succeeded after a short period of time to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person was predisposed to break the law, regardless of the psychologically graduated nature of the inducement.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether, when the government has induced a person to break the law and the defense of entrapment is at issue, the government need only show that its inducement succeeded after a short period of time to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person was predisposed to break the law, regardless of the psychologically graduated nature of the inducement

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 1, 2020)

Attorneys

James Michael Hood
Jennifer Niles CoffinFederal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent