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24-6182 Daniel O. Conahan, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-20 Denied IFP capital-defendant certificate-of-appealability circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus procedural-review Whether a circuit split in procedures for reviewing certificates of appealability constitutes a due process violation and warrants Supreme Court inter…
24-5910 Robert Ward Frazier v. California California 2024-11-05 Denied IFP autonomy-right capital-defendant counsel-objection fundamental-objectives mitigation-defense sixth-amendment Is a capital defendant deprived of their Sixth Amendment autonomy right to determine the fundamental objectives of their defense when appointed counse…
24-5326 Thomas E. Knuff, Jr. v. Ohio Ohio 2024-08-15 Denied IFP capital-defendant criminal-acts due-process improper-joinder jury-verdict prosecutorial-misconduct Does the admission of improper and prejudicial evidence of other criminal acts by way of improper joinder violate a capital defendant's right to due p…
23-5667 Michael Duane Zack v. Ron Desantis, Governor of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-28 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment clemency clemency-proceedings due-process executive-discretion meaningful-access notice notice-requirements procedural-fairness unenforceable-rules Whether the right to minimal Due Process required in clemency proceedings is satisfied
22-7632 Kristofer D. Garrett v. Ohio Ohio 2023-05-24 Denied IFP capital-defendant plain-error-test public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error substantial-rights Does a state court finding of structural error, based on a violation of a capital defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial, satisfy the pla…
22-7134 Christopher L. Whitaker v. Ohio Ohio 2023-03-28 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-defendant capital-punishment eighth-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mitigation-evidence self-incrimination sixth-amendment Is a capital defendant's offer to plead guilty and waive all post-trial procedures in exchange for a life sentence admissible as mitigating evidence?
22-7046 Valdamir Fred Morelos v. California California 2023-03-21 Dismissed IFP autonomy-right capital-defendant capital-defendants counsel-consent due-process guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana penal-code penal-code-section-1018 right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment Does California's Penal Code Section 1018 violate capital defendants' right to autonomy under the Sixth Amendment and McCoy v. Louisiana?
22-6882 David Byron Russ v. Florida Florida 2023-02-28 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus mental-competency review-claim state-court state-courts substantive-incompetency Whether a state court may refuse to review a capital defendant's claim of substantive incompetency?
21-8279 Randy William Gay v. Arkansas Arkansas 2022-06-29 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-jury fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether a capital defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments rights to a fair and impartial jury and to the effective assistance of counsel are viola…
21-1357 James S. Tyler, III v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2022-04-18 Denied Amici (1) capital-defendant collateral-review criminal-procedure mccoy right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substantive-rule teague-bar Where a capital defendant objected to his attorney's concession of guilt, does the explicit text of the Sixth Amendment and longstanding right to coun…
21-7234 Dylann Storm Roof v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-01 Denied IFP 6th-amendment capital-defendant constitutional-rights counsel counsel-authority defense-strategy due-process mental-health-mitigation mental-illness mitigating-evidence trial-procedure When a competent capital defendant and his counsel disagree on whether to present mitigating evidence depicting him as mentally ill, who gets the fina…
21-7061 John Lezell Balentine v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-02-04 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-sentencing circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence schriro-v-landrigan sentencing trial-counsel Under Schriro v. Landrigan, does a capital defendant forfeit his right to allege trial counsel's ineffectiveness for failing to adequately investigate…
21-7015 Edward T. James v. Florida Florida 2022-01-31 Denied IFP capital-defendant court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incompetency incompetency-claim mental-competency substantive-claim substantive-review Whether a court may refuse to review a capital defendant's substantive incompetency claim?
21-5093 Stephen Dale Barbee v. Texas Texas 2021-07-15 Denied IFP autonomy-right capital-defendant capital-punishment effective-assistance-of-counsel florida-v-nixon habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether the state court's decision to foreclose habeas review of a capital defendant's claim under McCoy v. Louisiana contravenes federal law
20-7605 Cody James Martinez v. Arizona Arizona 2021-03-31 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-trial cumulative-error due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pecuniary-gain right-to-counsel statutory-aggravator strickland-standard trial-counsel Whether trial counsel's complete abdication of responsibilities by meeting with a capital defendant for only 1:08 total in 2-4 years preceding trial c…
20-7462 Anthony Kirkland v. Ohio Ohio 2021-03-17 Denied IFP capital-defendant death-penalty fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Are a capital defendant's rights to a fair trial by an impartial jury denied when a juror believes the death penalty should be used in all cases of mu…
20-7205 Leonardo Franqui v. Florida Florida 2021-02-22 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment constitutional-interpretation due-process eighth-amendment hall-v-florida intellectual-disability jury-sentencing statutory-construction Is the Florida Supreme Court's understanding of the proper holistic evaluation to assess a capital defendant's intellectual disability consistent with…
20-6709 Lance Hundley v. Ohio Ohio 2020-12-28 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-sentencing constitutional-review death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-determination mental-health self-representation sixth-amendment Do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid a trial court from allowing a capital defendant with questionable mental health to represent himself?
20-240 Kentucky v. Larry Lamont White Kentucky 2020-08-28 Denied Amici (1) atkins-v-virginia atkins-waiver capital-defendant capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process habeas-corpus intellectual-disability standing supreme-court-precedent Whether a capital defendant can waive a claim of intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia
19-8746 Scott A. Group v. Ohio Ohio 2020-06-18 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment dna-evidence due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-evidence new-trial trial-court Whether a state court deprives a capital defendant due process by denying a request to present new evidence to challenge the conviction without consid…
19-8499 Ryan James Hoyt v. California California 2020-05-19 Denied Amici (1)IFP capital-defendant compulsory-process conflict-of-interest due-process materiality-review state-bar Whether California's denial of materiality review violates a capital defendant's due process right of inquiry or his right to compulsory process
19-8179 In Re Harold Wayne Nichols 2020-04-03 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 capital-defendant court-of-appeals habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits merits-adjudication retroactive-law statutory-interpretation successive-petitions When a capital defendant requests from a court of appeals authorization to file in a district court a second or successive habeas petition presenting …
19-5592 Dawud Spaulding v. Ohio Ohio 2019-08-15 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment defense-counsel due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-presumption post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings record record-evidence standard-of-review strategic-decision strategic-decision-making Should courts presume defense counsel acted strategically, even when the evidence in the record demonstrates a lack of strategy in their actions?
18-9579 James D. Tench v. Ohio Ohio 2019-06-07 Denied IFP aggravating-circumstances capital-defendant capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty' 'When a reviewing court independen due-process evidence-admission guilty-verdict hurst-v-florida jury jury-verdict mitigating-factors prejudicial-evidence sixth-amendment Does the admission of improper and prejudicial evidence violate a capital defendant's right to due process?
18-8432 Kelly Foust v. Ohio Ohio 2019-03-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure death-penalty hurst-precedent hurst-v-florida jury jury-waiver sixth-amendment Does Ohio's death penalty scheme violate the Sixth Amendment right to a jury as explained in Hurst v. Florida?
18-7201 Mark Isaac Snarr v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied IFP 18-usc-3599 ake-v-oklahoma appellate-review ayestas-v-davis capital-case capital-defendant circuit-split due-process expert-services federal-funding fifth-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the Fifth Circuit disregarded this Court's precedent when it required petitioner to show that an expert was 'critical' to his case before fund…
18-6869 Mario Andrette McNeill v. North Carolina North Carolina 2018-11-29 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-defendant-instructions capital-punishment counsel counsel-decision-making cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment mitigating-evidence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel and the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment allow a state to give binding force …
18-6252 Hersie Wesson v. Ohio Ohio 2018-10-09 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment constitutional-right death-penalty due-process intellectual-disability opportunity-to-be-heard procedural-due-process state-courts threshold-showing When a capital defendant can make a substantial threshold showing of intellectual disability, are the state courts constitutionally required to provid…
18-5641 Pressley Bernard Alston v. Florida, et al. Florida 2018-08-17 Denied IFP 8th-amendment,14th-amendment,capital-punishment,hu capital-defendant capital-punishment Does the partial retroactivity formula designed by Does the partial retroactivity formula employed fo due-process,federal-constitutional-rights,post-con federal-constitutional-violations hurst-v-florida montgomery-v-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana,retroactivity,sentencing,su post-conviction-review retroactivity state-law-waiver supremacy-clause Does a state capital defendant's state-law waiver of state post-conviction review automatically and forever preclude the defendant from seeking relief…