No. 21-6704

Jose D. Drew v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence jury-inference material-element prior-convictions rule-404(b) rule-404b
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the abuse of discretion review of the introduction of multiple prior convictions as rule 404(b) evidence requires the government to offer some articulable inference for the jury to draw to a material element of the charged offense.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the abuse of discretion review of the introduction of multiple prior convictions as rule 404(b) evidence requires the government to offer some articulable inference for the jury to draw to a material element of the charged offense

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2022)

Attorneys

Jose Drew
David Joseph GuastelloThe Guastello Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent