No. 20-761

Austin Joseph Campbell v. Missouri

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2020-12-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: burden-of-proof consent criminal-law due-process jury-instructions sexual-assault
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is evidence that a complainant does not remember giving consent, and states that she awoke from sleep during the sexual encounter, legally sufficient to show that she was 'an incapacitated person?'

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Mr. Campbell was convicted of rape of a person who was “an incapacitated person because of a temporary physical condition in which K.K.! was unconscious.” K.K. testified that she was asleep after drinking heavily and awoke to find Mr. Campbell engaging in sexual intercourse. Mr. Campbell testified that he spoke with K.K. at the beginning of the encounter, and she invited him into bed and consented to his actions. In final argument the prosecutor told the jury, over objection, that “To find [Mr. Campbell] not guilty, you would really have to believe that K.K. made all of this up... .” Tr. p. 2475. The case therefore presents the following questions. 1. Is evidence that a complainant does not remember giving consent, and states that she awoke from sleep during the sexual encounter, legally sufficient to show that she was “an incapacitated person?” 2. Did the state’s argument misstate the burden of proof? 1 As state court rules required, petitioner has redacted the name of the alleged victim and substituted her initials. During trial, the victim’s name was used. i

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-22
Waiver of right of respondent State of Missouri to respond filed.
2020-11-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 4, 2021)

Attorneys

Austin Campbell
Elizabeth Unger CarlyleCarlyle Parish LLC, Petitioner
State of Missouri
D. John SauerOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent