criminal-procedure-appeal

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7762 Christopher McPherson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure-appeal drug-trafficking felon-in-possession firearm-possession fourth-circuit-review plain-error-standard rehaif-test sentencing sentencing-discretion sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in upholding the convictions on Count V and Count IV
19-7625 Robert L. Swinton, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2020-02-12 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-errors sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment structural-error Whether sentencing errors were corrected by appeals court on direct appeal without defense counsel, and whether there was a constitutional denial of c…
19-7304 Anthony Michael Salazar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure-appeal due-process habeas-corpus illegal-sentence incarceration judicial-review sentencing sentencing-error united-states-v-haymond Whether the Court of Appeals erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability when the Petitioner is incarcerated on an illegally-imposed sentence in l…
19-6774 Albert Allen, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process fair-sentencing-act ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum mens-rea prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner's Application for a Certificate of Appealability
19-6747 Josue Emmanuel Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-25 Denied IFP allocution allocution-error appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process harmless-error judicial-review plain-error plain-error-review procedural-default sentencing Whether allocution error is subject to plain error review in the absence of objection?
18-8915 Jonathan Zepeda v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3006a appellate-waiver criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process fifth-amendment independent-counsel judicial-manipulation sentencing sixth-amendment standing waiver Whether an individual's challenge to the constitutionality of his sentence and case proceedings in a criminal prosecution on bases outside the limited…
18-8719 Ciaran Paul Redmond v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-conflict criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice jurisdictional-element jury-instructions jury-trial sentencing standards-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether, after a jury trial, a federal court of appeals can take judicial notice of evidence submitted by the government for the first time on appeal …
18-8233 Calvin J. Reid v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP §2255-motion 18-usc-4241 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split competency-hearing criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance mental-competency mental-illness right-to-counsel standards-of-review Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has misapplied the standards set forth in Miller-El v. Cockrell and Buck v. Davis
18-7616 Rodrigo Tovar Pupo v. United States District of Columbia 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-issue constitutional-issues criminal-appeal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal district-court due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel offense-enhancement plea-bargaining sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines If Appeals Court erred by not considering the grounds raised by Appellant and denying his appeal disregarding the Constitutional issues raised by Appe…
18-6237 Jacob L. Smith v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553 appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process gall-v-united-states plain-error plain-error-review preservation-of-error sentencing sentencing-variance In order to preserve a § 3553(c) challenge to the adequacy of the district court's sentencing explanation, must a party, who is given no opportunity t…