| 24-7103 |
Ikeviaun Quamonn Johnson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-04-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arraignment-rights criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-crime federal-assault indictment-sufficiency |
Was Mr. Johnson entitled to vacatur of his conviction for assaulting federal officers where the essential element of the charge that he acted 'forcibl… |
| 22-7272 |
Christopher Ernest Martinez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure elements-of-crime factual-basis federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plain-error plea-bargaining rule-11 sufficiency-of-evidence united-states-supreme-court |
Whether the district court's error in accepting the guilty plea under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(8) is 'plain' where the record identif… |
| 21-7957 |
Samuel Morales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-crimes elements-of-crime reasonable-doubt |
Whether the government fails to prove the elements of a drug conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt when it has only circumstantial evidence and that ev… |
| 21-6514 |
Jorge Hernandez Rivera v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure elements-of-crime felon-in-possession firearm-offense information-defect second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether an information is defective for failing to state the proper elements for the crime of felon in possession of a firearm |
| 21-5233 |
Abel Guillermo Godoy v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process elements-of-crime jury-determination legal-precedent prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-factors sixth-amendment |
Should the Court finally overrule Almendarez-Torres? |
| 20-6130 |
Desmond Howard Greer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-26 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-offense elements-of-crime force legal-interpretation mens-rea personal-injury reckless-injury recklessness sentencing use-of-force violent-crime |
Whether an offense has as an element the use of force against the person of another if it may be committed by recklessly inflicting injury? |
| 20-5191 |
Joshua Edwards v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process elements-of-crime elements-of-offense fifth-circuit jury-instructions trial-defense |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err when it held that the district court's failure to instruct the jury on the elements o… |
| 19-7183 |
Malcolm William v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2020-01-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
causation criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-arrest-of-judgment due-process elements-of-crime evidence evidence-sufficiency hearsay insufficient-evidence malice motion-in-limine murder murder-charge new-trial sixth-amendment third-degree |
Whether Appellant should be awarded an arrest of judgement on the charge of Murder in the Third Degree |
| 19-6218 |
Timothy Milton Boone v. Maryland |
Maryland |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment assault burden-of-proof burglary constitutional-requirements criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-crime first-degree-assault first-degree-burglary maryland-code maryland-criminal-code reasonable-doubt |
Did the lower court err in failing to prove the first-degree assault and first-degree burglary elements beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 18-1064 |
In Re Octavious DeMont Williams |
|
2019-02-13 |
Denied |
|
21-usc-841 burden-of-proof constitutional-due-process constitutional-rights controlled-substance criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-crime fifth-amendment judicial-misconduct jury jury-finding jury-trial |
Octavious Demont Williams petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that his constitutional due process was violated when he was deprived of the… |
| 18-6279 |
Samuel Kwushue v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-11 elements-of-crime federal-regulation federal-regulations federal-rule-11 guilty-plea jurisdiction rule-11 statute-of-conviction statutory-elements wire-fraud |
Could a guilty plea, accepted in violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, support a conviction, when the conduct to which a defendant admit… |