Impeachment

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6310 Descart Austin Begay, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-15 Denied IFP circuit-split evidence-rule fabrication impeachment prior-consistent-statement witness-testimony Did the 2014 amendment to Rule 801(d)(1)(B) supplant this Court's decision in Tome to permit introduction of a declarant witness's prior consistent st…
23-7622 Angel Luis Concepcion-Rosario v. United States Third Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure district-court-error due-process exclusionary-rule impeachment judgment-of-acquittal miranda-rights motion-for-mistrial physical-evidence sentencing suppression-of-evidence Did the district court error in not suppressing the physical evidence and the statement?
23-6789 Randolph Maya v. Florida Florida 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidence grand-jury grand-jury-testimony impeachment impeachment-evidence jury-instructions prior-inconsistent-statement substantive-evidence witness witness-testimony Can a party knowingly call a witness it expects to testify contrary to previous statements in order for those statements to entered as substantive evi…
23-6575 Racardo Jackson v. Ken Clark, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment impeachment miranda-warnings selective-silence self-incrimination Whether a suspect's 'selective silence' after receiving Miranda warnings may be used by the state to establish guilt at trial
23-6257 Randall Scott Jordan v. Texas Texas 2023-12-14 Denied IFP brady brady-violation criminal-history due-process impeachment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment suppression-of-evidence witness-credibility witness-impeachment Did the prosecution's suppression or withholding of state's key witness' prior violent criminal history that was favorable to accused for impeachment …
23-6247 In Re Tonya Knowles 2023-12-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ai-governance civil-rights constitutional-transfer due-process executive-order executive-power impeachment presidential-election presidential-power separation-of-powers transfer-of-power white-house-authority Can a peaceful transfer of power occur if a White House subordinate employee, Donald Trump, transfers power to Artificial Intelligence via an Executiv…
23-6246 In Re Tonya Knowles 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-power impeachment impeachment-power presidential-election presidential-transition separation-of-powers Can a Peaceful transfer of power occur if a White House subordinate transfers Power to Artificial Intelligence via an Executive Order?
23-624 United States v. Donald J. Trump District of Columbia 2023-12-11 Pending Amici (2) constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-prosecution due-process executive-immunity executive-privilege impeachment impeachment-clause presidential-immunity presidential-powers Whether a former President is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from fe…
23-312 Lee E. Stephens, Jr. v. Carolyn J. Scruggs, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-relief impeachment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prior-convictions resentencing right-to-testify sentencing unconstitutional-convictions Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether habeas relief and resentencing is required when a defendant's sentence was premised on prior convictio…
23-5163 Michael Joseph Formica v. Virginia Virginia 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence impeachment judicial-discretion standing Whether the Circuit Court for the City of Corvallis violated the Fourth Amendment by failing to compel the Multnomah County District Attorney's office…
23-5122 Ronny Deviod Walker v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-07-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts immunity impeachment judicial-misconduct misconduct pro-se-pleading procedural-rules standing Who may be complained about: where to file a complaint?
22-1075 James E. Hinkle v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-precedent impeachment impeachment-evidence witness-testimony Whether the right to confrontation was denied
22-7174 James R. Householder, Jr. v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied IFP cross-examination due-process Fair-trial Fourteenth-Amendment Impeachment Inconsistent-testimony ineffective-assistance Ineffective-counsel Sixth-Amendment witness-testimony Due-process
22-6155 Ryan McGuire v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-trial cross-examination due-process fair-trial impeachment impeachment-evidence law-enforcement Does a trial court's ruling excluding evidence at trial violate a criminal defendant's right to due process, including the rights to confront and exam…
22-6083 Aaron Jay Pierce v. Utah Utah 2022-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-collection impeachment interrogation-tactics law-enforcement police-interrogation right-to-counsel self-incrimination Whether statements obtained during a custodial police interrogation in violation of the Constitution, law, and state law should be suppressed by the d…
22-6077 William Donnell, III v. Eddie Caley, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extrinsic-evidence impeachment lead-detective right-to-present-defense trial-court-error trial-error witness-impeachment Did the trial court violate the defendant's Confrontation Clause rights and right to present a defense?
21-1294 David H. Penny v. Nancy Pelosi, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-03-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-limits first-amendment free-speech impeachment impeachment-power justiciability legislative-standing political-question-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a citizen constituent of a duly elected President have the possibility of filing a complaint with standing, subject matter jurisdiction, and just…
21-7427 William Gregory Snow v. Illinois Illinois 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence-rule excited-utterance hearsay hearsay-exception impeachment prior-consistent-statements witness-testimony Whether the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois' ruling unconstitutionally expanded the scope of the excited utterance exception to hearsay as …
21-7260 George K. Mackie v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-argument criminal-procedure impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt Did the appeals court err in holding that the error-laden closing argument by the prosecutor, taken in its totality, create a substantial risk of a mi…
21-5798 Willie Israel Navarette v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process evidence evidence-law impeachment suppression-hearing trial-testimony Whether testimony from a suppression hearing may be used for impeachment purposes if a defendant testifies at trial
21-5687 Darrell Hochhalter v. Jason Clendenion, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment confrontation-clause due-process false-evidence impeachment plain-error recent-fabrication witness-impeachment Does 'recent fabrication' rise to the same significance as 'false evidence' in influencing the fairness of a trial per the 14th Amendment
20-7729 Casey Rose v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-hearing confrontation-clause cooperating-witness cross-examination due-process impeachment indiana-v-edwards self-representation witness-impeachment Whether the termination of cross-examination of a cooperating-witness-with-incentives-to-lie prior to being able to impeach the witness violated the c…
20-7469 Joaquin Hernandez-Ayala v. Rene Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit clearly erred in denying Hernandez-Ayala's request for a certificate of appealability
20-6045 Aaron E. Choat v. Rick Coursey, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP collateral-review exculpatory-evidence impeachment ineffective-assistance non-unanimous-jury ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-retroactivity witness-impeachment Whether counsel provides ineffective assistance
20-5065 Brett A. Bogle v. Florida Florida 2020-07-15 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation capital-punishment due-process false-evidence giglio-v-united-states giglio-violation impeachment microscopic-hair-analysis prosecutorial-misconduct scientific-evidence Whether the prosecution violates Giglio v. United States and/or Brady v. Maryland
19-1328 Department of Justice v. House Committee on the Judiciary District of Columbia 2020-06-01 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure grand-jury impeachment impeachment-trial judicial-proceeding legislative-body rule-6(e) rule-interpretation Whether an impeachment trial before a legislative body is a 'judicial proceeding' under Rule 6(e)(3)(E)(i) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
19-1255 Renee Baker, Warden, et al. v. Jeff N. Rose Ninth Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied aedpa credibility criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-evidence-admissibility due-process evidence evidentiary-ruling habeas-corpus impeachment nevada-v-jackson ninth-circuit prior-acquittals state-court-review Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision violates AEDPA
19-8222 Steven Mason v. United States District of Columbia 2020-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady brady-violation criminal-procedure disclosure due-process exculpatory exculpatory-evidence impeachment jury-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct severance trial-severance Whether the lower courts erred in finding that the Government's late disclosure of exculpatory and impeaching information did not prejudice the defend…
19-1118 Jeffrey Todd Palumbo v. Connecticut Connecticut 2020-03-12 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure criminal-testimony doyle-v-ohio due-process exculpatory-evidence first-time-account impeachment miranda-rights Miranda-warnings prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination trial-procedure uncharged-misconduct Whether a prosecutor violates Doyle v. Ohio by eliciting the fact that an exculpatory story is being told for the 'first time' at trial
19-6956 Thomas H. Outland v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-12-16 Denied IFP confrontation-clause credibility criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-impeachment due-process evidence evidence-rules fair-trial impeachment jury-instructions prior-convictions right-to-present-a-defense Did the New Jersey state court endorse the use of N.J.R.E. 806 to impeach non-testifying criminal defendants with their prior convictions
19-6549 Jose Laureano Salgado v. United States First Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights criminal-appeal direct-appeal due-process exculpatory-evidence impeachment ongoing-disclosure pending-appeal prosecutorial-misconduct Does this Court's holding in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) require the Government to disclose, while an appeal is pending, exculpatory or impe…
19-5879 Timothy L. Joe v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment cross-examination due-process evidence evidentiary-law impeachment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel opioid-addiction police-misconduct sixth-amendment Can Florida's evidentiary laws constitutionally preclude impeachment evidence of opioid-addicted police officers?
18-9414 Donald Stewart Royce v. Florida Florida 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence impeachment law-enforcement witness witness-testimony Whether a trial court abuses its discretion, within the confines of procedural due process in the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, by limiting cros…
18-9081 Scott Books v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP brooks-v-tennessee coerced-confession confession-suppression criminal-procedure due-process impeachment right-to-counsel self-incrimination self-incrimination-5th-amendment Under Brooks v. Tennessee, did the district court's ruling permitting impeachment with the coerced confession and its physical fruit impermissibly int…
18-8880 M. A. Edwards, aka Michael Anthony Edwards v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Second Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fabricated-testimony fraud government-misconduct impeachment standing testimonial-evidence testimonial-statement Can the government tell the triers of fact that defendant confessed to murder
18-7766 Rishawn Lamar Reeder v. Cecelia Reynolds, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alibi-witnesses criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-presentation eyewitness-testimony gunshot-residue impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense surveillance-video trial-counsel witness witness-testimony Did the court err in finding trial counsel ineffective
18-7400 Damion Sleugh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review co-defendant-testimony criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence fifth-amendment first-amendment impeachment impeachment-evidence witness-credibility Whether the need for sealing a co-defendant's subpoena applications ends once the co-defendant changes his plea and testifies for the Government at tr…
18-7003 Jose Jesus Ramirez v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights congress constitutional-law due-process federal-courts impeachment separation-of-powers standing Whether the federal court erred in denying petitioner's constitutional challenge to the impeachment process
18-698 Clement Reynolds v. Maryland Maryland 2018-11-28 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment impeachment miranda miranda-rights police-interrogation police-misconduct self-incrimination Was Petitioner denied Due Process and protections against self-incrimination?
18-6847 Sergio Antonio Haro v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing government-agent-reports impeachment impeachment-of-credibility magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-plea-negotiations plea-negotiations prejudice pro-se pro-se-habeas sixth-amendment Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-6725 Charles Wayne Bussell v. Kentucky Kentucky 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process impeachment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-hearing post-conviction-relief postconviction-hearing sixth-amendment tainted-testimony trial-strategy witness-testimony Was defense counsel ineffective in the re-trial when he failed to object to the introduction of the tainted testimony from the first trial and when he…
18-6667 Khaled Elbeblawy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confession criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence impeachment impeachment-use-waiver medicare-fraud plea-agreement plea-bargaining rule-11 substantive-evidence united-states-v-mezzanatto Does the impeachment-use waiver doctrine established by the Court in United States v. Mezzanatto, 513 U.S. 196, permit the government to introduce in …
18-6486 In Re Steve G. Hernandez 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-material brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure cumulative-error due-process evidence-suppression impeachment ineffective-assistance perjury witness-impeachment What is the constitutional violation of ineffective assistance of counsel
18-313 Albon C. Diamond, III v. Florida Florida 2018-09-11 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-evidence medical-testimony sixth-amendment strategic-decisions strickland strickland-standard Whether the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of effective attorney representation requires a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel where the trial a…