No. 19-8088
Antonio Rodrigues v. Massachusetts
IFP
Tags: constitutional-due-process criminal-element due-process felony-murder judicial-determination judicial-fact-finding maximum-sentence predicate-felony sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence trial-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2020-05-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Constitution prohibit a State to define a crime to include an element that is to be decided by a judge without evidence; and where the State does so, is the defendant entitled to a judgment of acquittal when the trial record is devoid of any evidence on that element of the crime charged?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Does the Constitution prohibit a State to define a crime to include an element that is to be decided by a judge without evidence; and where the State does so, is the defendant entitled to a judgment of acquittal when the trial record is devoid of any evidence on that element of the crime charged?
Docket Entries
2020-05-26
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-03-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 23, 2020)
Attorneys
Antonio Rodrigues
John M. Thompson — Thompson & Thompson PC, Petitioner