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23-6961 Jacob Smith v. John Henley, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation Whether the prosecutor improperly shifted the burden of proof by asking the defendant to prove his innocence in front of the jury, which was prejudici…
23A526 Jacob Smith v. Nethanjah Breitenbach, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Presumed Complete constitutional-right criminal-procedure faretta-right preliminary-hearing self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to self-representation established in Faretta applies to preliminary hearings in state criminal proceedings
18-6237 Jacob L. Smith v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied 18-usc-3553 appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process gall-v-united-states plain-error plain-error-review preservation-of-error sentencing sentencing-variance In order to preserve a § 3553(c) challenge to the adequacy of the district court's sentencing explanation, must a party, who is given no opportunity t…