No. 23-5314

Joe Crawford v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency felony-conviction jury-instructions mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-standard réhaif-v-united-states
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Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction when the government fails to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner knew or reasonably should have known that the confidential informant had been convicted of one of a narrow range of felony offenses

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED WHETHER IN LIGHT OF Réhaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 204 L.Ed.2d (2019), WAS THE EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN A CONVICTION WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FAILS TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE PETITIONER KNEW OR REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF ONE OF A NARROW RANGE OF FELONY OFFENSES? ii pO ,

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2023)

Attorneys

Joe Crawford
Joe Crawford — Petitioner
Joe Crawford — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent