| 24-6636 |
Kerbet Dixon v. New York |
New York |
2025-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
adversarial-process pro-se-defendant prosecutorial-tactics self-representation sixth-amendment trial-preparation |
Does the right to self-representation include the right to prepare a defense outside the earshot of the prosecution, or can the prosecution have unfet… |
| 24-5504 |
Javaid Perwaiz v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-process cronic-standard ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-testing sentencing-advocacy sixth-amendment |
Whether minimal sentencing advocacy that fails to meaningfully challenge the prosecution's sentencing recommendation constitutes a complete denial of … |
| 22-6065 |
Samirkumar J. Shah v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-process conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure disqualification disqualification-motion due-process evidentiary-hearing prosecutorial-ethics prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the Petitioner was afforded a meaningful and fair adversarial process when the district court denied his motion to disqualify the United State… |
| 20-5467 |
Carlos Michael Lopez v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-08-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
adversarial-process appeal appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process garza-v-idaho inherent-powers sua-sponte-dismissal waiver |
Does due process require courts to treat at least some claims as unwaiveable on appeal? |
| 20-5388 |
Michael J. Buck v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-process appeal appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process inherent-powers sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal waiver |
Whether due process requires courts to treat certain claims as unwaivable on appeal, whether due process guarantees a limited right to appeal, and whe… |
| 20-5379 |
Keith Adair Davis v. Washington |
Washington |
2020-08-17 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
adversarial-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel due-process pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment unsettled-law |
Where a pro se defendant is absent from a criminal trial, whether due to misconduct or voluntary choice, is the trial court constitutionally required … |
| 19-8730 |
Westley Kennedy v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment adversarial-process conflict-of-interest guilty-plea right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error |
Did the denial of Westley Kennedy's right to conflict-free counsel constitute a structural error or a breakdown of the adversarial process that requir… |
| 19-8324 |
James William Hornsby v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-04-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
adversarial-process brain-injury constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
Whether the district court's denial of relief and determination resulted from the incorrect interpretation of 'Assistance' under the Sixth Amendment r… |
| 18-8396 |
Mary Jo Weidrick v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States |
District of Columbia |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 5th-amendment-right-to-counsel 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-right-to-counsel adversarial-process civil-rights constitutional-violation counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment investigation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing terrorism terrorism-investigation |
Whether Petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to counsel are violated |
| 18-7635 |
Harold Hall v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
adversarial-process due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic |
Whether Mr. Hol was denied effective assistance of counsel required by the Federal constitution's Sixth Amendment |
| 18-5751 |
William Burke v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-process constitutional-fairness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-review fair-trial judicial-review jury-instructions post-conviction-review prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct trial-strategy |
At what point does it become fundamentally unfair to 'adjust the charges to the evidence'? |