McDANIEL v. BROWN

No. 08-559.

130 S.Ct. 665 (2010)

558 U.S. 120

E.K. McDANIEL, Warden, et al., Petitioners, v. Troy BROWN.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah O'Rourke Schrup, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey T. Green, Rachel A. Dougan, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Franny A. Forsman, Federal Public Defender, Paul G. Turner, Counsel of Record, John C. Lambrose, Michael Pescetta, Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Las Vegas, NV, for respondent.

Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Keith G. Munro, Assistant Attorney General, David K. Neidert, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Robert E. Wieland, Counsel of Record, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Justice, Reno, NV, for petitioners.


PER CURIAM.

In Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979), we held that a state prisoner is entitled to habeas corpus relief if a federal judge finds that "upon the record evidence adduced at the trial no rational trier of fact could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." Id., at 324, 99 S.Ct. 2781. A Nevada jury convicted respondent...

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