motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5063 Bradley M. Cox v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure interstate-commerce interstate-nexus judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal sufficiency-of-evidence threat-of-damage Regarding generally motions for judgment of acquittal and their consideration and review: 1. Has the "light most favorable to the Government/prosecut…
22-205 Demetrios Stavrakis, aka Dimitrios Stavrakis, aka Jimmy v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-09-07 Denied Response Waived circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-court judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal rule-of-equipoise sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a federal court, assessing the sufficiency of the evidence in a criminal case based wholly on circumstantial evidence, must apply the "rule of…
21-6122 Malek Lassiter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal rico rico-conspiracy sentencing standard-of-review WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL OF LASSITER'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL ON THE RICO CONSPIRACY CHAR…
20-8004 L. M. C. v. West Virginia West Virginia 2021-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation cause-of-death child-endangerment due-process expert-testimony failure-to-provide-necessities judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal murder murder-of-a-child w-va-code-61-8d-2a 1. Is it a violation of due process for a trial court to deny a motion for judgment of acquittal when there is no proof of cause of death in a prosec…
20-924 David G. Bowser v. United States District of Columbia 2021-01-11 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1001 criminal-concealment dismissal-with-prejudice false-statement federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judgment-of-acquittal legal-duty material-fact motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal Whether the legal duty to disclose, required for a criminal concealment of a material fact, 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(1), can be created by coupling a volun…
20-5270 Keith Allen Wilson v. Florida Florida 2020-08-05 Denied IFP circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti delayed-prosecution due-process motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal witness-unavailability Can the Charlotte County Court of Florida deny a Motion for Judgment of Acquittal, when the State did "not" prove Corpus Delicit of 2"d Degree Murder …
18-9235 Richard McMillan, III v. Florida Florida 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence inconsistent-evidence inconsistent-testimony judicial-discretion motion-for-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal petitioner-defense state-evidence trial trial-court trial-court-evidence As to ISSUE I of this application, QUESTION # 1: Can the Trial Court forbid Submission of Evidence at trial that supports Petitioner's Defense, when…