No. 23-5486

Gilberto Gonzalez-Gonzalez v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-shifting carella-v-california criminal-trial due-process francis-v-franklin joint-possession jury-instructions legal-precedent mandatory-presumptions
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, after Francis v. Franklin, 471 U.S. 307 (1985) and Carella v. California, 491 U.S. 263 (1989), the burden-shifting jury instructions on joint possession, given at the petitioner's trial, violated due process.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether jury instructions on joint possession violated due process

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-08-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2023)

Attorneys

Gilberto Gonzalez-Gonzalez
Patricia Vanessa KempFederal Defenders Southern District of Alabama, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent