cause-of-death
13 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A496 | Robert W. Feldman v. Colorado | Colorado | 2025-10-30 | Application | cause-of-death executive-branch forensic-pathology legislative-branch separation-of-powers subdelegation | Question not identified. | |
| 23-7697 | Zachary Kelsey v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | cause-of-death closing-argument criminal-procedure criminal-trial forensic-pathologist forensic-pathology habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-degree-murder sixth-amendment | 1. Whether Zachary Kelsey was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel when trial counsel waived Kelsey's closing argument at trial. 2. Whethe… |
| 23-6960 | Tasha Mercedez Shelby v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2024-03-11 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 14th-amendment cause-of-death death-certificate due-process fourteenth-amendment homicide-conviction medical-examiner recantation resentencing shaken-baby-syndrome | May a State, consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, refuse to resentence petitioner, who was sentenced to life in prison … |
| 21-5607 | Terry R. Smith v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-09-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | autopsy autopsy-requirement black-lung-disease cause-of-death civil-rights compensation-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidence medical-evidence | A Reason(s) Wh+ Wftuse, of 4V ^p\\+- of ^ +Wis MA+feR +W (^ <3lWisioA/ / U)WcV\ is J C.A a/ you iACCuRjdely <SeWmiA^, A 4n0e, cwu^ of cW"^ U)>4Wf AV … |
| 20-8004 | L. M. C. v. West Virginia | West Virginia | 2021-05-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brady-violation cause-of-death child-endangerment due-process expert-testimony failure-to-provide-necessities judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal murder murder-of-a-child w-va-code-61-8d-2a | 1. Is it a violation of due process for a trial court to deny a motion for judgment of acquittal when there is no proof of cause of death in a prosec… |
| 20-7544 | Demian Dominguez, aka Demain Dominguez v. Brian E. Williams, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | cause-of-death certificate-of-appealability effective-counsel ninth-circuit prejudice procedural-default reasonable-jurists | Whether the Ninth Circuit's order denying a certificate of appealability was clearly erroneous where reasonable jurists could disagree as to whether D… |
| 20-5344 | Christopher Taylor v. Illinois | Illinois | 2020-08-13 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP | 6th-amendment autopsy-report cause-of-death confrontation-clause criminal-procedure knowing-murder lesser-included-offense murder-charge sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence | Whether a defendant is denied his Sixth Amendment right to be confronted with the witnesses against him where a court admits into evidence a certified… |
| 19-1256 | Jennifer Mae Levin v. Florida | Florida | 2020-04-30 | Denied | Response Waived | cause-of-death confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process dui-manslaughter expert-testimony medical-records sixth-amendment | 1. Whether – in a case involving the charge of DUI manslaughter – the prosecution can meets its burden of proving "cause of death" through the testimo… |
| 19-6352 | James Byron Coon v. Mark Nooth, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | cause-of-death certificate-of-appealability exhaustion expert-opinion expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-v-cockrell state-postconviction vasquez-v-hillery | Whether a Court of Appeals' denial of a certificate of appealability conflicts with this Court's rulings in Vasquez v. Hillery, 474 U.S. 254, 260 (198… |
| 19-5997 | Robert Williams, Jr. v. Massachusetts | Massachusetts | 2019-09-19 | Denied | IFP | actual-innocence capital-murder cause-of-death constitutional-rights death-certificate due-process forensic-evidence judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence skull-injury stab-wound x-ray | Whether, in order to prove actual innocence, the cause of death, in a capitol murder case, had an affect on the judgment of the jury, and where Defend… |
| 18-8244 | Justin Keith Cornell v. Virginia | Virginia | 2019-03-04 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | actus-reus appellate-review cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence criminal-agency criminal-conviction due-process jury-standard mens-rea reasonable-doubt second-degree-murder sufficiency-of-evidence | As a result of state court proceedings, the Commonwealth of Virginia obtained a conviction before a jury for second-degree murder against Justin Corne… |
| 18-6786 | Curtis J. Hill v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2018-11-21 | Denied | IFP | cause-of-death confrontation-clause due-process evidence expert-reports expert-testimony habeas-corpus medical-evidence pro-se pro-se-filing unreasonable-determination unreasonable-factual-findings | 1. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2) did the California Court of Appeal unreasonably determine the facts critical to a proper Confrontation Clause analysis… |
| 18-6029 | Debra Ann Aquilina v. Sarah Davis, Administrator, Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, et al. | Third Circuit | 2018-09-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | cause-of-death constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-opinion expert-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-examiner right-to-counsel right-to-effective-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel trial-errors trial-proceedings | QUESTION ONE: Did the petitioner's trial counsel provide constitutionally ineffective assistance, violated petitioner 's right to effective assistance… |