No. 23-5587

Daniel Carrington v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof causation controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law death-causation due-process proximate-cause reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court's decision in United States v. Burrage created a bright line rule on proof of proximate cause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED |. WHETHER THIS COURT'S DECISION IN UNITED STATES V. BURRAGE, 571 U.S. _ 204 (2014), CREATED A BRIGHT LINE RULE ESTABLISHING A RIGHT OF THE . DEFENDANT TO PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DACHDENI’S DRATH = WAS THE PROXIMATE CAUSE OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, ALONE, DISIRIBUTED BY THE DEFENDANT; THAT IS, PROOF, THAT "BUT. FOR" THE CONIROUED SUBSTANCE THE DECEDENT WOULD NOT HAVE EXPIRED AND/OR NO OTHER FACT, . CIRCUMSTANCE, OR EVENT, OCCURRING NATURALLY OR OTHERWISE CAN BE SAID TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATH OF THE DECEDENT? _ LISTOF PARTIES _ : . [x] All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. ° { ] All parties do not appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. Alistof — all

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-06-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 16, 2023)

Attorneys

Daniel Carrington
Daniel Carrington — Petitioner
Daniel Carrington — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent