constitutional-defense
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6560 | Tony Daniel Klein v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2026-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | confrontation-clause constitutional-defense criminal-procedure evidence-exclusion sixth-amendment witness-bias | Does a court violate a criminal defendant's constitutional right to present a defense by excluding the strongest evidence supporting the sole theory o… |
| 21-7462 | John Moses Burton, IV v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-03-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-defense due-process grammatical-interpretation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-constraints statute-of-limitations strickland-vs-washington toussie-vs-united-states word-meanings | With a statute of limitations having a rationale to shield a person from having to defend against prosecution when the ability to mount a defense degr… |
| 18-5430 | James Davis Bennett, et ux. v. United States, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2018-08-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment constitutional-defense deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-vs-gamble federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure medical-care prisoner-rights serious-medical-needs summary-judgment | 1. The Question before the Court is Whether the Eight Amendment under Estelle vs Gamble allows a Court to create a Constitutional Defense to an admitt… |