character-evidence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5075 Mark Jabben v. Texas Texas 2025-07-10 Denied IFP character-evidence confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony sixth-amendment trial-procedure 1. Should the Court of Criminal Appeal's overturn the verdict because there was insufficent evidence of culpability ? 2. Did the State Court violate…
24-6453 Steven Michael Cenephat v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP character-evidence evidence-rule federal-procedure intent-element mental-state prior-crime Does a court, in deciding whether a defendant's prior crime is relevant to the non-character issue of intent under Rule 404(b), need only determine wh…
24-5896 Matthew Myke v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2024-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP character-evidence criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance sexual-assault trial-strategy witness-testimony Whether failure to advise an accused about testifying and developing character evidence constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel in a sexual assa…
23-6120 Demecia Shontres Washington v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP character-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standard expert-testimony jury-bias plain-error profile-evidence Whether the district court plainly erred by admitting expert testimony about the common characteristics of a particular type of offender, also known a…
23-5838 Mario Reynoso, aka Mario Hernandez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence character-evidence district-court-discretion district-courts evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence non-propensity-purpose reasoning rule-404(b)(2) rule-404b ultimate-decision Whether Rule 404(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Evidence permits district courts the use of reasoning to reach an ultimate decision whether to admit th…
22-6862 Benjamin Young v. Alabama Alabama 2023-02-24 Denied IFP capital-trial character-evidence criminal-procedure culpability-phase dawson-v-delaware first-amendment fourteenth-amendment gang-membership sentencing-phase Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendment prohibit the introduction of gang membership evidence in the culpability phase of a capital trial
22-5966 Malachi Henessey Rodriguez v. Minnesota Minnesota 2022-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof character-evidence civil-rights coercion consent constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission reasonable-doubt The state failure to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner used coercion
21-7018 Jose Fuentes v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied IFP character-evidence criminal-procedure deposition due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-defense medical-records subpoena trial-counsel witness-testimony Was counsel's failure to subpoena an important witness considered ineffective assistance of trial counsel?
21-5943 Brandon Ward v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-counsel certificate-of-appealability character-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-counsel use-of-force witness-testimony Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)
20-992 John Vigna v. Maryland Maryland 2021-01-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-review character-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process fair-trial harmless-error Whether the denial of an accused request to introduce credible and relevant evidence that directly rebuts and contradicts the prior bad acts evidence …
20-6044 Luidgi Benjamin v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP character-evidence character-testimony criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process enticement evidentiary-admission judicial-discretion jury-instructions venue venue-challenge Should venue be proper where no elements of the crime occurred?
19-1472 Phillip Antonio Davis v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied character-evidence conspiracy conspiracy-theory criminal-defense criminal-procedure-evidence-admissibility due-process evidence-exclusion excessive-force jackson-v-virginia judicial-review relevance right-to-present-defense standard-of-review trial-procedure Whether the exclusion of evidence deemed necessary by Petitioner to present a complete defense and to combat the State's theory of guilt could be rati…
19-8177 Christopher Kyle Keys v. Florida Florida 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment cellular-phone-data character-evidence collateral-crimes criminal-procedure due-process evidence sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion warrantless-search Does the trial court abuse its discretion, within the confines of substantive and procedural due process in the U.S. Constitution's 6th and 14th Amend…
19-7587 Lannon Lavar Burdunice v. Minnesota Minnesota 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal batson bias character-evidence circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process evidence incomplete-jury-verdict insufficient-evidence intent-to-kill judicial-error judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-verdict prior-convictions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-be-present right-to-present-defense second-degree-murder weight-of-evidence Must my conviction for second degree intentional murder be vacated and a judgement of acquittal entered
19-6977 Samuel T. Pitts v. Florida Florida 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP adult-victims character-evidence constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection propensity-evidence sexual-battery sexual-offenses Whether constitutional equal protection and due process principles require that a defendant charged with a sexual offense on an adult alleged victim b…
19-213 Charles Fischer v. Texas Texas 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived appellate-review character-evidence constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process propensity-evidence propensity-inference statutory-interpretation texas-court-of-appeals texas-statute Whether the Due Process Clause is offended by a statute that authorizes criminal convictions on the basis of character conformity and propensity
19-5553 Angela Roy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied IFP admissibility character-evidence circuit-split evidence-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-exception limits standards Whether the widely criticized 'inextricably intertwined' or 'intrinsic evidence' family of exceptions to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) lack meaningf…
18-9792 Charles Mensah v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP character-evidence conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment severance witness-bolstering Does the trial court's refusal to grant a conspiracy defendant severance violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when the Government's c…
18-9656 In Re Lexter K. Kossie 2019-06-17 Denied IFP character-evidence character-witness constitutional-performance criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence mitigation right-to-testify sentencing sentencing-phase Can a trial counsel render constitutionally performance and not prejudice the defense
18-9505 Antonio Parra Perez v. Texas Texas 2019-05-31 Denied IFP character-evidence criminal-procedure due-process prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence sex-crimes unconstitutional-as-applied unfair-prejudice Is Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 38.37 §2 unconstitutional?
18-6880 Jason A. Lenz v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP accidental-death character-evidence civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-deadlock standing statutory-interpretation Should a certificate of appealability issue in a Section 2254 proceeding
18-6588 Lesley Eugene Warren v. Edward Thomas, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied IFP capital-punishment character-evidence circuit-split civil-rights death-penalty due-process future-dangerousness parole parole-ineligibility prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-procedure simmons-v-south-carolina Is it an unreasonable application of Simmons v. South Carolina for a State court to deny a parole ineligibility instruction where the prosecution repe…
18-6485 Richard Elliott Cain v. Washington Washington 2018-10-29 Denied IFP 6th-amendment character-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-evidence due-process evidence fair-trial jury-instruction jury-instructions propensity-evidence search-warrant Whether the trial court erred in failing to give the jury a limiting instruction after permitting character and propensity evidence
18-5605 Robert S. Beyer, II v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility appellate-procedure bad-character-evidence character-evidence criminal-procedure de-novo-review due-process evidence-rules federal-rules-of-evidence presumption-of-admissibility rule-403 rule-404 sentencing-guidelines victim-vulnerability Do Fed R. Evid. Rules 403 and 404 create a presumption favoring admissibility of bad character evidence?