conviction-reversal
12 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6045 | In Re Rayfield J. Thibeaux | 2025-11-06 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights-litigation conviction-reversal court-of-appeals district-court-access due-process judicial-procedure | The District Court denied me access to the court after my 1987 conviction was overturned by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Then, the District Co… | |
| 23-7597 | William Hill v. New Jersey | New Jersey | 2024-05-30 | Denied | IFP | appellate-court appellate-review california-v-champman constitutional-review conviction conviction-reversal due-process first-amendment harmless-error trial-procedure | When an appellate court concludes that a conviction for one offense violated the First Amendment, is the appellate court required to apply the harmles… |
| 23-266 | Javaar Yavonnie Kalem Watkins v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-09-20 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-error conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-doubt structural-error | The Constitution requires the Government to persuade a jury "beyond reasonable doubt" in order to sustain a conviction. Over Watkins' objection, the r… |
| 22-6527 | William Langley, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-01-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 924(c) constitutional-challenge conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process factual-innocence firearm-statute guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation | SHOULD THE COURT FIND PETITIONER'S CONVICTION FOR '924(c) et al. UNCOUNSTITUTIONAL "use" and "carry" of 924(c) a due process violation that warrants a… |
| 22-5070 | Lane Walker Waldron v. Texas | Texas | 2022-07-12 | Denied | IFP | attorney-credibility constitutional-rights conviction-reversal habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias sixth-amendment trial-counsel | WHETHER THE COURT BELOW ERRED IN CONCLUDING PETITIONER WAS NOT DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AT TRIAL WHEN HIS T… |
| 21-6236 | L. B. Joseph v. Illinois | Illinois | 2021-11-10 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief reasonable-doubt testimony | WAS DEFENDANT GIVEN A FAIR TRIAL? WAS DEFENDANT FOUND CGUILTY BEYOND A RESONABLE DOUBT? WAS PERJURED TESTMONY GIVEN TO COVER UP THE TRUTH? WERE FAR… |
| 19-6909 | Efrain J. Rosa v. R. L. Rhodes, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2019-12-11 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | brady-v-maryland brady-violation conviction-reversal criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct | When the Government affirms that all the requisite documents under the rule of Brady v. Maryland, 373 US 83 (1963) will be provided, but then suppress… |
| 18A1314 | Andrew J. Johnston v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-06-17 | Denied | conviction-reversal criminal-appeal district-court-discretion federal-criminal-procedure motion-denial release-pending-appeal | Question not identified. | |
| 18-6939 | Jonathan S. Nelson v. Joe Norwood, Secretary, Kansas Department of Corrections, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2018-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography conviction-reversal de-novo-review due-process first-amendment obscenity scienter | Concerning a violation of KSA 21-3516a(2), given that the images' nature was reasonably disputed, does the right to a de novo review demand the revers… |
| 18-6716 | Jerry Walker, aka Jerry Richmond v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2018-11-16 | Denied | IFP | appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court conviction conviction-reversal conviction-vacatur criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-preclusion sentencing superseding-indictment | Whether The Seventh Circuit Contravened The Holding Of Griffith By Concluding That Booker And Pepper Were NOT Retroactive To The Petitioner's Case Wit… |
| 18-5650 | Carl Javon Ross v. Maryland | Maryland | 2018-08-20 | Denied | IFP | appeals civil-rights conviction-reversal criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process innocence standing | wI 1 U41/Y 2jrcI CQ&Ar voJaF'o' )njve oVerhtd7 tid t'i- deCi ~,'lyl Of 4/9(' vio)ql-e de d,/t11- r9bis W:5 MA edn 4-f--s4- rad fl 9C4+VE enough 1'Ver5… |
| 18-5235 | Antrone Arness Thomas v. David Chandran | Fourth Circuit | 2018-07-13 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial legal-remedy procedural-due-process standing state-criminal-conviction | Ought I have right to a jury trial? Also a civil action due to my State criminal conviction being reversed? |