adversarial-process

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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'?