No. 21-7384

Joseph Valchez Laue v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2022-03-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circumstantial-evidence constitutional-sufficiency criminal-evidence due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-verdict legal-standard lsa-r.s.-15-438 rational-trier-of-fact reasonable-doubt state-burden-of-proof trier-of-fact
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-04-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Reasonable jurists would determine that the jury's verdict as to Count One should be reversed as the evidence against Mr. Lane was constitutionally insufficient. No rational trier of fact, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State could have found Mr. Lane guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

2. Reasonable jurists would determine that the jury's verdict as to Count One should be reversed as the evidence against Mr. Laue failed to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence as required by LSA-R.S. 15:438 and Louisiana and federal jurisprudence. Therefore, no rational trier of fact, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State conld have found Mr. Lane guilty beyond a reasonable donbt.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Sufficiency-of-the-evidence

Docket Entries

2022-04-25
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
2022-04-04
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2022-03-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 15, 2022)

Attorneys

Joseph Laue
Joseph Valchez Laue — Petitioner
Louisiana
Matthew CaplanDistrict Attorney, 22nd Judicial District, Respondent