capital-cases
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-5542 | Johnny A. Johnson v. Paul Blair, Warden | Eighth Circuit | 2022-09-12 | Denied | IFP | capital-cases certificate-of-appealability cumulative-effect habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard Strickland-v-Washington wiggins-claim Wiggins-v-Smith | 1. Whether the Eighth Circuit's practice of issuing unexplained summary denials of certificates of appealability in capital cases conflicts with 28 U.… |
| 21-5991 | Ricky Allen Fackrell v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-10-18 | Denied | IFP | administration-of-justice appellate-record capital-cases federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-10 right-to-appeal structural-error | 1. Whether an unrecorded conference in chambers is a "hearing or trial," or "proceeding," under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(c) such that a … |
| 20-7879 | Vincent Gino Chavez v. Brian Cates, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2021-04-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | capital-case capital-cases circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions lesser-included-offense lesser-included-offenses noncapital-cases | In Beck v. Alabama, 477 U.S. 625, 638 (1980), this Court held that a criminal defendant is entitled to jury instructions on lesser included offenses i… |
| 20-464 | James J. Rosemond v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-10-09 | Denied | actus-reus capital-cases concession-of-guilt criminal-defendant criminal-procedure right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment trial-counsel | In McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500 (2018), this Court held that the Sixth Amendment grants criminal defendants a right to "autonomy" that permits … | |
| 20-5527 | Mark Benton v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. | Third Circuit | 2020-08-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2254 aedpa attorney-abandonment capital-cases circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus | 1). When this Court issued Holland v. Florida, 130 S.ct. 2549 (2010), decision, is this Honorable Court intent to apply Hollando to "Capital cases onl… |
| 19-8831 | Eric Reid v. Arkansas | Arkansas | 2020-06-26 | Denied | IFP | capital-case capital-cases constitutional-procedure criminal-trial death-penalty due-process jury-selection morgan-v-illinois voir-dire | Whether the Arkansas' voir dire framework in capital cases conflicts with this Court's ruling in Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719 (1992). |
| 19-8644 | Michael L. King v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-06-09 | Denied | IFP | capital-case capital-cases due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment impartial-tribunal judicial-bias | When a court shows partiality and bias by adopting nearly verbatim the prevailing party's brief as its order or opinion, particularly in capital cases… |
| 19-6685 | Scott McLaughlin v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections | Eighth Circuit | 2019-11-20 | Denied | IFP | capital-case capital-cases capital-cases-habeas-corpus certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability confrontation-clause eighth-circuit giles-v-california habeas-corpus pro-forma-denial procedural-due-process standard-of-review | A disturbing trend is developing in capital cases in federal courts in Missouri regarding the pro forma denial of certificates of appealability ("COA"… |
| 18-7594 | James Randall Rogers v. Benjamin Ford, Warden | Georgia | 2019-01-28 | Denied | Relisted (3)IFP | capital-cases civil-rights death-penalty equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination racial-exclusion standing | Does Lanier's systematic discrimination against African Americans violate Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880), Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 2… |