rule-of-equipoise

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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 must apply the 'rule of equipoise' and grant a motion for judgment of acquittal when evidence of guilt and innocence is evenly…