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2 results for “Baltazar Aguirre-Rivera”

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Tags Question Presented
22-7731 Roy Lee Jones, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-08 Denied burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process essential-elements evidence fifth-circuit-precedent jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-issue standard-of-proof Did the Fifth Circuit err when it 're-branded' a failure to prove an essential element of the government's methamphetamine case against Mr. Jones beyo…
21-6253 Baltazar Aguirre-Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sixth-amendment special-interrogatory When a jury's answer to a special interrogatory negates an element of the charged offense, must a district court enter a judgment of acquittal when th…