No. 21-7957
Samuel Morales v. United States
Tags: burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-crimes elements-of-crime reasonable-doubt
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2022-06-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the government fails to prove the elements of a drug conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt when it has only circumstantial evidence and that evidence shows no facts from which agreement could be inferred
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the government fails to prove the elements of a drug conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt when it has only circumstantial evidence and that evidence shows no facts from which agreement could be inferred.
Docket Entries
2022-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
2022-05-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-05-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 23, 2022)
Attorneys
Samuel Morales
Philip J. Lynch — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent