Gregory W. Pheasant v. United States
Whether the standard of review for a criminal conviction's sufficiency of evidence requires overturning a lower court's ruling when applying a stricter legal test
it was pressed and passed upon below, and it is dispositive here: Any standard stricter than the test will require overturning Mr. Pheasant’s conviction. 2. An extension is warranted to allow counsel time to coordinate and prepare a petition that will aid the Court’s review of these important issues. Mr. Pheasant has asked the Carter G. Phillips/Sidley Austin LLP Supreme Court Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law to help prepare the petition. Because the semester ended in late November, the Clinic’s students are now preparing for and taking their final exams. An extension will provide the students time to both prepare for their exams and develop a cogent and well-researched petition, and to enjoy their holiday break. An extension is also warranted because of the press of counsel’s other client business. Undersigned counsel is responsible for (i) merits briefing in Abowammo v. United States, No. 25-5146 (cert grant