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