No. 19-5993

Mabon Demetric James v. Marcus Pollard, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment insufficient-evidence robbery standing takings
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-11-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was Mabon James convicted of the robbery of Marta Parfeta in violation of his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights despite constitutionally insufficient evidence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Was Mabon James convicted of the robbery of Marta Parfeta in violation of his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights despite constitutionally insufficient evidence, where, at the time of the alleged robbery, Parfeta (1) did not actually possess the stolen goods, (2) was not instructed by the goods’ owner to intercede in their theft, and (3) while being the owner’s good friend, did not otherwise have a codified special relationship with the goods’ owner? 1

Docket Entries

2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-09-24
Waiver of right of respondent Marcus Pollard, Warden to respond filed.
2019-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 18, 2019)

Attorneys

MABON JAMES
Devon Lashae HeinOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Devon Lashae HeinOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
MARCUS POLLARD, WARDEN
Vincent Paul LaPietra — Respondent
Vincent Paul LaPietra — Respondent