No. 18-6935

Joshua Donald Ewing v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-transaction due-process electronic-device-evidence evidence jackson-v-virginia registration standard-of-proof user-identification
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court's Opinion in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979) needs updating to address what constitutes sufficient evidence, in identifying the user of an electronic communication device in the commission of a singular, user-level drug transaction, where no other indicia of user identity exists beyond its registration to the defendant

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW I. Whether this Court’s Opinion in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979) needs updating to address what constitutes sufficient evidence, in identifying the user of an electronic communication device in the commission of a singular, user-level drug transaction, where no other indicia of user identity exists beyond its registration to the defendant. i

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-12-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Joshua Ewing
Andrew Paul AvellanoAndrew P. Avellano, Petitioner
Andrew Paul AvellanoAndrew P. Avellano, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent