No. 23-6331
Hannibal Moore v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: affirmative-defense burden-of-proof criminal-conduct criminal-law disqualifying-element imminent-threat justification-defense legal-alternative proximate-cause
Latest Conference:
2024-01-19
Question Presented (from Petition)
The question presented is whether the courts should also take a narrow view in considering the disqualifying element of the justification defense, and only disqualify the defendant where their actions are the actual proximate cause of the immediate and imminent threat.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the courts should take a narrow view in considering the disqualifying element of the justification defense, and only disqualify the defendant where their actions are the actual proximate cause of the immediate and imminent threat
Docket Entries
2024-01-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
2024-01-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 22, 2024)
Attorneys
Hannibal Moore
William Keith Bradford — Bradford Ladner LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent