No. 18-9465

Beth Galloway v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aiding-and-abetting criminal-intent criminal-law eighth-circuit evidence evidence-sufficiency financial-transaction financial-transactions insurance-fraud judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal motion-for-new-trial new-trial
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a judgment of acquittal should have been granted

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L WHETHER A JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED ON COUNTS 1 AND 2 BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT MS. GALLOWAY KNEW THAT THE MARTELLE HOUSE WAS INSURED OR THAT MR. PLOWER INTENDED TO MAKEA FRAUDULENT INSURANCE CLAIM? Il. WHETHER A JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTE DON COUNT 3 BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT MS. GALLOWAY PARTICIPATED IN THE FINANCIAL TRANSACTION, ie., MR. PLOWER'S WITHDRAWAL OF $10,000 FROM HIS WELLS FARGO ACCOUNT? II. WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT SHOULD HAVE FOUND THAT THE DISTRICT COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN DENYING MS. GALLOWAY'S MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL? 1

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 28, 2019)

Attorneys

Beth Galloway
Michael Kevin LahammerLahammer Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner
Michael Kevin LahammerLahammer Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent