No. 22-7188

Brian Douglas Rambo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-interpretation constitutional-underpinnings due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas habeas-corpus no-evidence no-evidence-claim sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2023-06-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is there a conflict among the federal courts on whether Jackson-vs-Virginia-sufficiency-of-evidence-standard-abrogated-Thompson-v-City-of-Louisville-no-evidence-criterion?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Is there a conflict among the federal courts on whether Jackson vs. Virginia, sufficiency of evidence standard, abrogated Thompson v. City of Louisville, the no evidence criterion? A. Is there a separate and distinct legal theory between the decisions of Jackson . vs. Virginia, insufficiency of evidence standard, and Thompson vs. Louisville, no evidence criterion? B. When a habeas petitioner complains there was no evidence to support his conviction under Thompson vs. Louisville, can the no evidence criterion, form the basis for federal habeas review? C. When a habeas petitioner complains there was no evidence to support his conviction, and the federal district court interprets the allegation as a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, should the no evidence claim be treated as a due process violation? D. Is it error for the federal district court to interpret a habeas petitioner’s noevidence claim as a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, when a habeas petitioner alleges a no-evidence claim under Thompson vs. Louisville? E. Is there an apparent and fundamental difference between the constitutional underpinnings of Jackson vs. Virginia and Thompson vs. City of Louisville? 2 re Ir

Docket Entries

2023-06-05
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
2022-11-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 3, 2023)

Attorneys

Brian Douglas Rambo
Brian Douglas Rambo — Petitioner
Brian Douglas Rambo — Petitioner