character-testimony

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5995 Jake Messer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion character-testimony commerce-clause federal-kidnapping-statute guidelines-calculation interstate-commerce noneconomic-violent-crime procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the Sixth Circuit's interpretation of the Federal Kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(), as applied to Petitioner, exceeded Congressional …
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?