No. 21-5837

Carlos Amezcua v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review child-molestation corpus-delicti due-process insufficient-evidence jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia state-court-decision
Latest Conference: 2021-11-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

Can appellant be convicted of three charges of child molestation when the testimony received in trial was totally and materially different than the three offenses which were charged? Can that state of the evidence satisfy Jackson v. Virginia 443 U.S. 307 (1979)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can appellant be convicted of three charges of child molestation when the testimony received in trial was totally and materially different than the three offenses which were charged?

Docket Entries

2021-11-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
2021-10-14
Waiver of right of respondent Joe A. Lizarraga to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-09-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 1, 2021)
PetitionPetitionPetition

Attorneys

Carlos Amezcua
Charles R Khoury Jr. — same, Petitioner
Joe A. Lizarraga
Daniel Brian Rogers — Office of the California Attorney General, Respondent