No. 23-5486

Gilberto Gonzalez-Gonzalez v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-shifting carella-v-california criminal-trial due-process francis-v-franklin joint-possession jury-instructions legal-precedent mandatory-presumptions
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether jury instructions on joint possession violated due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, after Francis v. Franklin, 471 U.S. 307 (1985) and Carella v. California, 491 U.S. 263 (1989), the burden-shifting jury instructions on joint possession, given at the petitioner’s trial, violated due process. i INTERESTED PARTIES All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page.

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-08-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2023)

Attorneys

Gilberto Gonzalez-Gonzalez
Patricia Vanessa KempFederal Defenders Southern District of Alabama, Petitioner
Patricia Vanessa KempFederal Defenders Southern District of Alabama, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent