No. 23-5257
Angel Rios-Edeza v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof closing-argument criminal-procedure due-process evidence-vouching jury-instructions ninth-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct rebuttal-argument
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Ninth Circuit error in finding that there was no prosecutorial misconduct?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Prosecutors are allowed to strike hard blows but not foul ones. Here, in closing and rebuttal argument, the prosecutor vouched for the evidence, improperly argued the jury need not deliberate to “make sense” of all the evidence, and repeatedly shifted the burden of proof. Did the Ninth Circuit error in finding that there was no prosecutorial misconduct?
Docket Entries
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 31, 2023)
Attorneys
Angel Rios-Edeza
James Michael Chavez — Law Office of James M. Chavez, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent