No. 23-5314
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
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
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
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent