No. 21-5837

Carlos Amezcua v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review child-molestation corpus-delicti due-process insufficient-evidence jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia state-court-decision
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-11-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can appellant be convicted of three charges of child molestation when the testimony received in trial was totally and materially different than the three offenses which were charged?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED CERTIORARI should be granted to review an unreasonable decision of the state court due to this issue: Can appellant be convicted of three charges of child molestation when the testimony received in trial was totally and materially different than the three offenses which were charged? Can that state of the evidence satisfy Jackson v. Virginia 443 U.S. 307 (1979)?

Docket Entries

2021-11-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
2021-10-14
Waiver of right of respondent Joe A. Lizarraga to respond filed.
2021-09-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Carlos Amezcua
Charles R Khoury Jr.same, Petitioner
Joe A. Lizarraga
Daniel Brian RogersOffice of the California Attorney General, Respondent