conviction-reversal

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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 Was the reasonable doubt instruction constitutionally deficient thereby requiring reversal of Watkins' conviction?
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. unconstitutional
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 petitioner was denied Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel
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 the defendant given a fair trial?
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 Has the government's suppression of exculpatory evidence violated due process under the Fifth Amendment?
18A1314 Andrew J. Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-06-17 Presumed Complete conviction-reversal criminal-appeal district-court-discretion federal-criminal-procedure motion-denial release-pending-appeal Whether a federal district court can deny a defendant's motion for release pending appeal when there is a likelihood of reversal of the underlying con…
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 Whether the right to a de novo review demands the reversal of conviction once the images disappear from the record post-conviction if the verbiage in …
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 erred in vacating the Petitioner's conviction and sentence pursuant to Count One of his Superseding Indictment
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 Whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the petitioner's convictions
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?