No. 18-5242

Kenneth Martin, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: burden-of-proof co-conspirator co-conspirator-testimony corroboration corroboration-requirement criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standard fifth-circuit-law plea-bargain sentencing testimony witness-credibility
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Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit's law that allows a conviction based solely on the uncorroborated testimony of a co-conspirator should be abandoned, or at least modified to require corroborative evidence, as with a Defendant's confession

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1) | Whether the Fifth Circuit’s law that allows a conviction based solely on the uncorroborated testimony of a co-conspirator should be abandoned, or at least modified to require corroborative evidence, as with a Defendant's confession. i

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 15, 2018)

Attorneys

Kenneth Martin
Seth KretzerLaw Office of Seth Kretzer, Petitioner
Seth KretzerLaw Office of Seth Kretzer, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent