No. 23-5314
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency felony-conviction jury-instructions mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-standard réhaif-v-united-states
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER IN LIGHT OF Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 204 L.Ed.2d (2019), WAS THE EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN A CONVICTION WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FAILS TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE PETITIONER KNEW OR REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF ONE OF A NARROW RANGE OF FELONY OFFENSES?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction when the government fails to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner knew or reasonably should have known that the confidential informant had been convicted of one of a narrow range of felony offenses
Docket Entries
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2023)
Attorneys
Joe Crawford
Joe Crawford — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent