No. 22-7437

Kevin Darrell Miller v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: contemporaneous-conduct criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-use evidence evidence-admissibility intent-standard mens-rea possession
Latest Conference: 2023-06-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, in a drug distribution trial, evidence of a defendant's drug use and simple possession is admissible to prove mens rea if the use and possession occurred contemporaneously with the acts connected to the charged distribution offense?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether evidence of a defendant's drug use and simple possession is admissible to prove mens rea in a drug distribution trial

Docket Entries

2023-06-05
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
2023-05-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-04-26

Attorneys

Kevin Darrell Miller
Gary Paul BurchamBurcham & Zugman, APC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent