No. 20-8109

Walter Crayton v. Massachusetts

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2021-05-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment assigned-counsel child-pornography civil-rights criminal-appeals criminal-procedure due-process free-speech legal-representation post-conviction search-and-seizure trial-court
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court erred in affirming the defendant's conviction for possession of child pornography, second offense, despite the lack of evidence that the defendant knowingly possessed the images found on his computer

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-17
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Massachusetts to respond filed.
2021-05-24
Motion (20M79) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
2021-05-04
MOTION (20M79) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-04-12
Motion (20M79) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2021-04-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Thomas Edward BocianOffice of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent
Walter Crayton
David Barrett Hirsch — Petitioner