defense-presentation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-6015 Gustavo Torres-Medel v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Seventh Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP cross-examination defense-presentation discovery expert-witness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-rights trial-counsel Whether the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights were violated when trial counsel failed to utilize an expert witness, failed to present defense witness…
18-5053 Andres A. Lopez-Martinez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-right criminal-procedure defense-presentation due-process harmless-error judicial-review police-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-present-defense structural-error Whether the denial of a defendant's constitutional right to present a defense should be considered structural error that is not subject to harmless er…