defendant-testimony
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6778 | Jasim Mohammed Hassi Ramadon v. Colorado | Colorado | 2026-02-11 | Pending | IFP | constitutional-rights counsel-coercion defendant-testimony effective-assistance structural-error trial-procedure | 1. When a defendant is prevented from testifying due to counsels' coercive actions, does structural error occur? 2. Was Mr. Ramadon's constitutional… |
| 24-557 | David Asa Villarreal v. Texas | Texas | 2024-11-18 | Granted | Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-testimony right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court | Whether a trial court abridges the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel by prohibiting the defendant and his counsel from discussing the defen… |
| 23-502 | Noble U. Ezukanma v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-11-14 | Denied | Response Waived | counsel-advice criminal-procedure defendant-testimony due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice right-to-testify sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard | How do the standards for judging ineffective-assistance-of-counsel apply to the question of what advice defense-counsel gives to a defendant concernin… |
| 22-7051 | William Todd Lewallen v. Scott Crow | Tenth Circuit | 2023-03-21 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-testimony due-process evidence jury-trial right-to-testify rock-v-arkansas sentencing sentencing-procedure state-evidence-law | Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' rule that deems the accused's version of events irrelevant as a matter of law during sentencing procee… |
| 20-586 | James T. Gersky v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-11-03 | Denied | Response Waived | 5th-amendment court-precedent criminal-procedure defendant-testimony due-process estelle-v-smith judicial-guidance mitchell-v-united-states sentencing | should-district-courts-compel-defendant-testimony-at-sentencing |
| 19-8336 | Igancio Reyes-Yanez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-testimony due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence | Should the government be allowed to tell a jury that there is no presumption of innocence for a defendant's testimony? |