No. 23-5334

Mario Iglesias-Villegas v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process evidence grand-jury-transcripts habeas-corpus jackson-standard reasonable-doubt rule-6e sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a federal court of appeals reviewing a defendant's direct-appeal challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction must apply the every-element, reasonable-doubt standard articulated in Jackson v. Virginia

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented is whether a federal court of appeals reviewing a defendant’s direct-appeal challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction must apply the every-element, reasonable-doubt standard articulated in Jackson v. Virginia. ii 2. Whether an accused has made a sufficient showing of the need for grand jury transcripts under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e)(3)(E) when he demonstrates that the government had, at the time it obtained the indictment against him, confused him with another person and had apparently treated that other person’s acts as the defendant’s acts.

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-08-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 11, 2023)

Attorneys

Mario Iglesias-Villegas
Philip J. LynchLaw Offices of Phil Lynch, Petitioner
Philip J. LynchLaw Offices of Phil Lynch, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent