No. 18-7303

Joel Rivera v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: advance-knowledge aiding-and-abetting armed-robbery credibility-of-witness credible-witness criminal-intent due-process evidence firearm-use new-trial prosecutorial-discretion seventh-circuit witness-credibility
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Rosemond v. United States was wrongly interpreted and applied

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED [1] WHETHER ‘ROSEMOND v. UNITED STATES, 134 S.Ct. 1240 (2014), WAS WRONGLY INTERPRETED AND APPLIED BY THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS WHEN IT UPHELD MR. RIVERA'S CONVICTIONS FOR AIDING AND ABETTING MR. THOMAS'S ARMED ROBBERIES OF THE TWO DOLLAR STORES EVEN THOUGH NO EVIDENCE WAS PRESENTED AT TRIAL THAT MR. RIVERA KNEW MR. THOMAS WAS GOING TO COMMIT THE ROBBERIES, THAT MR. RIVERA TOOK ANY ACT IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ROBBERIES, OR THAT MR. RIVERA HAD ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE THAT MR. THOMAS WAS GOING TO USE A GUN DURING THE ROBBERIES. [2] WHETHER THE COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT DECLINED TO GRANT MR. RIVERA A NEW TRIAL EVEN THOUGH MR. THOMAS WAS [NOT] A CREDIBLE WITNESS AND NO OTHER EVIDENCE CORROBORATED THAT MR. RIVERA AIDED AND ABETTED MR. THOMAS'S ROBBERIES OF THE TWO DOLLAR STORES AND BRANDISHING OF A FIREARM DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE. — G)

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Joel Rivera
Joel Rivera — Petitioner
Joel Rivera — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent