No. 19-7952
Michael Deon Thompson v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 21-usc-841 criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking proximate-cause sentencing serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation strict-liability
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2020-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the language 'death or serious bodily injury results from' in 21 U.S.C. § 841 creates a strict liability crime, without a foreseeability or proximate cause requirement?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether the language “death or serious bodily injury results from” in 21 U.S.C. § 841 creates a strict liability crime, without a foreseeability or proximate cause requirement? 2. Whether a person distributing heroin can be convicted of causing serious bodily injury when his heroin was redistributed to an end user and his original distribution was not the last “but for” cause of the serious bodily injury? 1
Docket Entries
2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 9, 2020)
Attorneys
Michael Thompson
Jacob Austin Blizzard — Blizzard & Zimmerman, PLLC, Petitioner
Jacob Austin Blizzard — Blizzard & Zimmerman, PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent