evidence-rule-404b

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6790 Diego Castillo-Pedraza v. United States Third Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending IFP appellate-decision circuit-court-review evidence-rule-404b judicial-procedure legal-standard sentencing-review 1. Was the Third Circuit decision to affirm the District Court's 404(b) Ruling and sentencing correct?
25-6550 George Madison Kitchen, IV v. United States Eighth Circuit 2026-01-12 Pending Response WaivedIFP evidence-rule-404b federal-appellate-review hearsay-exception reasonable-suspicion rodriguez-standard traffic-stop 1. WHETHER THE 8TH CIRCUIT ERRED FINDING THAT REASONABLE SUSPICION EXISTED JUSTIFYING THE STOP OF PETITIONER'S VEHICLE AND MISAPPLYING RODRIGUEZ ON WH…
25-358 Carl L. Collins, III v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-09-25 Denied Response Waived due-process evidence-rule-404b fair-trial internal-revenue-code napue-v-illinois tax-reporting Whether the IRS can require trustees to report year-end trust balances on personal income tax returns in violation of Napue v. Illinois and the Intern…
24A710 Mitchelle Derwin Robinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-17 Presumed Complete admissibility-of-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking evidence-rule-404b knowledge-and-intent propensity-evidence Whether evidence of prior drug trafficking can be admitted under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) to prove knowledge and intent without impermissibly r…
23A396 Robert E. Harrison v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-01 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure due-process evidence-rule-404b jury-trial prior-conviction propensity-evidence Whether the admission of a defendant's prior conviction under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) violates due process when the prosecution introduces the…
22-5691 Meamen Jean Nyah v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-rule-404b federal-rules-of-evidence firearms firearms-case judicial-interpretation prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) should be construed as a rule of inclusion resulting in certain admissibility of prior bad acts and use of pro…
20-8143 Merwin Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution evidence evidence-rule-404b federal-prosecution federal-rules-of-evidence gun-possession prior-convictions propensity-evidence rule-404(b) Whether federal prosecutors can introduce evidence of a person's prior conviction for unlawful gun possession in a prosecution based on police testimo…
19-7800 Donald Sheman Bush v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion circuit-split de-novo de-novo-review evidence-admissibility evidence-rule-404b evidentiary-rules federal-rules-of-evidence-404(b) legal-interpretation other-acts rule-404b standard-of-review Whether evidence falls within Rule 404(b)
18-9712 Noe Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-law criminal-procedure deliberate-ignorance due-process evidence evidence-404(b) evidence-rule-404b jury-instructions new-trial propensity propensity-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct What is the proper framework for determining whether a prosecutor's improper propensity-based arguments related to 404(b) evidence warrant a new trial…