No. 18-7526

In Re Robert Heffernan

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2019-01-23
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-conviction due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence reasonable-doubt winship-doctrine
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether it violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment for a state trier of fact to convict petitioners where the evidence cannot fairly be considered sufficient to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt require reversal of the conviction on the ground of insufficient evidence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether it violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment for a state trier of fact to convict petitioners where the evidence cannot fairly be considered sufficient to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt require reversal of the conviction on the ground of insufficient evidence. 2. Is petitioner entitled to Habeas Corpus relief. If this court found, no rational trier of fact could have found proof, of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. 3. Should petitioner’s conviction be vacated, because it violated the Winship doctrine of reasonable doubt, and Thompson vs. Louisville. No evidence rule. 4. Petitioner filed a successive Habeas Corpus. In the state and federal court’s he claims that he was being held in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States. Should the state court and Federal court have entertained petitioners Habeas Corpus. _ i

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2018-07-25
Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.

Attorneys

Robert Heffernan
Robert Heffernan — Petitioner
Robert Heffernan — Petitioner