| 25-6494 |
River William Smith v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2026-01-06 |
Pending |
conduct-dismissal criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion political-beliefs sentencing |
1) Whether a Defendant can be held accountable at sentencing for conduct that was dismissed?
2) Whether a Defendant's sentence can be enhanced becaus… |
| 24-1082 |
Aghee William Smith, II v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-04-16 |
Denied |
confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process trial-rights witness-unavailability |
Whether a living witness can be deemed 'unavailable' under the Confrontation Clause if the government has made no effort to compel the witness to appe… |
| 24A766 |
Aghee William Smith, II v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-02-06 |
Presumed Complete |
conspiracy criminal-conviction fourth-circuit mail-fraud sufficiency-of-evidence wire-fraud |
Whether the Fourth Circuit correctly applied the standard for reviewing the sufficiency of evidence in a federal wire fraud and mail fraud conspiracy … |
| 20-6141 |
David William Smith v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-27 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof confrontation-clause evidence-rule-701 expert-testimony hearsay-evidence law-enforcement-testimony lay-opinion professional-experience rule-701 rule-702 testimonial-hearsay |
When can law enforcement officers offer lay opinions based on professional experience? |
| 19-6522 |
William Smith v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
blood-draw constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-interpretation mandatory-blood-draw missouri-v-mcneely probable-cause public-safety search-and-seizure texas-transportation-code warrantless-search |
Was the Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers' mandatory blood draw constitutional under the Fourth Amendment as interpreted by Missouri v. McNee… |
| 18-9154 |
Jeffrey William Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-07 |
Denied |
civil-procedure-criminal constitutional-rights criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-instructions life-imprisonment life-sentence mitigating-factors sentencing sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
Whether the circuit court erred in failing to correct a defective jury instruction |