conspiracy-liability
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6876 | Joquetta Riley v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-02-23 | Pending | Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP | appellate-review conspiracy-liability constitutional-limits-on-punishment criminal-restitution mandatory-victims-restitution-act reasonable-foreseeability | To what extent may a defendant be held liable for the losses caused by the conduct of their co-conspirators under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Ac… |
| 23-6577 | Vahe Dadyan and Artur Ayvazyan, aka Arthur Ayvazyan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-01-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process mandatory-restitution proportional-punishment reasonably-foreseeable restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation victim-compensation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3663A (Mandatory restitution to victims of certain crimes) which imposes restitution for losses "directly and proximately" caused … |
| 22-6835 | Deon'te Reed v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-02-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 924c-conviction brecht-standard conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions robbery-conspiracy stromberg-error | In applying harmless error review under Brecht, may a federal court disregard the prejudice resulting from Stromberg error, i.e., the jury's considera… |
| 22-6561 | Telly Hankton v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-01-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confrontation-clause conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure federal-circuit-courts forfeiture-by-wrongdoing sixth-amendment standard-of-proof testimonial-statements | By what standard of proof does the Sixth Amendment permit the admission at trial of prior testimonial statements under the forfeiture by wrongdoing ex… |
| 21-6821 | Francis Schaeffer Cox v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-01-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy-liability contingent-conspiracy criminal-intent federal-employees federal-jurisdiction feola-test martial-law stalinesque-martial-law subjective-belief sufficiency-challenge | 1. Whether a contingent conspiracy may be based on a condition outside the conspirators' control that they subjectively believed was likely to occur, … |
| 20-8138 | Eddy Pena v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-05-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-846 conspiracy conspiracy-liability controlled-substances pinkerton-doctrine reasonable-foreseeability sentencing statutory-interpretation | Should the Court grant certiorari in order to determine whether under 21 U.S.C. § 846 (conspiracy to distribute controlled substances) it is proper to… |
| 20-7217 | Felix Cisneros, Jr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-intent criminal-law due-process mens-rea sentencing statutory-elements statutory-interpretation waiver-doctrine | 1. Can a person be convicted of conspiracy to violate a statute containing an element increasing the offense's severity, where that element is not act… |
| 20-6776 | Charod Becton v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-01-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial pinkerton-doctrine sixth-amendment | Should this Court abrogate the judicially established Pinkerton doctrine, announced in Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640 (1946), holding that a… |
| 19-5691 | Roxanne Marie Carpenter v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-08-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attorney-client-privilege conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rules duress-defense ninth-circuit-rule pinkerton-instruction pinkerton-liability pre-trial-disclosure work-product work-product-doctrine work-product-privilege | I. The Ninth Circuit has a "Vasquez-Landaver1" rule requiring a criminal defendant to lay out, in detail, her defense before the Government even calls… |
| 18-8069 | Eric Gonzalez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-241 18-usc-242 agreement civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalties federal-statute proximate-cause spontaneous-event statutory-interpretation | Whether conspiracy liability under 18 U.S.C. § 241 may be premised on unsubstantiated inferences of an agreement or mere participation in a spontaneou… |
| 18-6679 | Donate Graham v. Illinois | Illinois | 2018-11-13 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | confrontation-clause conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture forfeiture-by-wrongdoing forfeiture-doctrine giles-v-california intent witness-procurement | Whether the forfeiture-by-wrongdoing exception to the Confrontation Clause encompasses acts of wrongful witness procurement done by alleged co-conspir… |
| 18-614 | In Re George Houston | 2018-11-09 | Denied | alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey collateral-review conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-quantity jurisdictional-error mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement | Whether it is the individualized drug quantity that is a fact that increases the mandatory minimum sentence or whether the amount of drugs attributabl… | ||
| 18-5452 | Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | Fourth Circuit | 2018-08-03 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appellate-review civil-procedure conspiracy-liability conviction-validity drug-conspiracy due-process jury-instructions sentencing standard-of-review statutory-interpretation | Is it the District Court's duty or to determine under 4 ) the dg quantity Atributable to, D reasonably "Pinkertan" instructions on Co-conspirater when… |