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25-6186 Rashawn Lesley Grant v. North Carolina North Carolina 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction due-process evidence-sufficiency eyewitness-testimony trial-record Whether the State of North Carolina's conviction of Petitioner Grant for murder and the resulting life sentence violated the Due Process Clause of the…
25-6030 Terry Lee Miksell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidence-sufficiency ineffective-assistance interstate-commerce jurisdiction sixth-amendment 1. It is asked of this High Court as to whether the District Court had jurisdiction under Gozales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) to prosecute this case, …
25-5981 Erick Pizarro-Mercado v. United States First Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-rules procedural-error rule-29 sentencing Whether evidence was sufficient to justify the district court denial of Rule 29 of the Fed. R. Crim. P. Whether the district court committed reversib…
25-5922 Victor M. Hernandez-Carrasquillo v. United States First Circuit 2025-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court evidence-sufficiency rule-29 sentencing Whether evidence was sufficient to justify the district court denial of Rule 29 of the Fed. R. Crim. P. Whether the district court committed reversib…
25-5740 Gregory Tucker v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-09-25 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-conviction dna-evidence evidence-sufficiency jackson-rule moveable-object reasonable-doubt Whether any rational trier of fact could return a guilty verdict where the only evidence was a DNA hit of unknown type and quantity found on an easily…
25-5619 Michael Garrick Denson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon evidence-sufficiency jury-verdict sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain the jury verdicts. 2. Whether the court erred in applying a two-level sentencing enhancement for …
25-5116 Mark Ellis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession reasonable-doubt I. DUE PROCESS REQUIRES SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO ALLOW A RATIONAL JURY TO FIND GUILT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. WHERE THE EVIDENCE THAT A FIREARM WAS PO…
24-7289 Fidel Saldana Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-conviction evidence-sufficiency inference-standard reasonable-doubt Whether evidence that requires a series of inferences to reach an element of an offense, rather than showing the element directly or after a single in…
24-7045 Margaret Ann Sutton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction drug-trafficking due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines Whether the evidence is legally sufficient to sustain multiple drug and firearm-related convictions and whether the imposed sentence violates due proc…
24-7031 Christopher William Kuehner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation evidence-sufficiency in-concert-element predicate-offenses subpoena-disclosure user-profile-access Is the failure to disclose exculpatory subpoena returns until post-trial a Brady violation warranting conviction vacatur; does the 'in concert' elemen…
24-5765 Robert Lance Walker v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-of-appeals evidence-sufficiency judicial-interpretation legal-precedent standard-of-review Whether the court of appeals misapplied well established precedent when determining sufficiency of the evidence presented
24-5464 Jeromy Schiedenhelm v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency ineffective-assistance trial-counsel Whether Texas counsel fails to adequately challenge insufficient evidence and provide ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of U.S. Constitut…
24-5270 Patrick Douglas Johnson v. Texas Texas 2024-08-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-review due-process evidence-sufficiency jackson-v-virginia witness-identification Whether the use of selective evidence constitutes an impermissible divide and conquer strategy for evaluating evidence sufficiency under the 14th Amen…
23-7735 Maria M. Faust v. Michael T. Faust District of Columbia 2024-06-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-jurisdiction domestic-violence due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure military-spousal-abuse Question not identified
23-7669 Anthony Bender, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency police-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-sentence witness-testimony whether-the-government's-failure-to-disclose-the-dash-camera-video-constituted-a-brady-violation
23-7339 Philip Shane Young v. Texas Texas 2024-04-30 Denied IFP appeal criminal-procedure deadly-weapon evidence-sufficiency jury-finding jury-instructions standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Is the evidence sufficient to sustain the jury's finding that a deadly weapon was used?
23-6652 Don Meeker v. United States Second Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting carjacking criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-statutes intent rosemond-standard rosemond-v-us Insufficient-evidence-for-carjacking-conviction
23-6341 Tramaine Edward Martin v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct Does habeas corpus stand to correct the abuse of process involved in deliberate deception of a court by presentation of known false evidence?
23-6211 Bernard Antoine Hardrick v. Michigan Michigan 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-enterprise due-process evidence-sufficiency exclusion jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation trial-court-error Whether the trial court violated petitioner's right to be present, right to counsel, and right to self-representation when it improperly excluded peti…
23-5718 Adam Neftali Santana v. United States Third Circuit 2023-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment conspiracy-charge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession motion-to-suppress search-warrant standing Did the Court err when it denied Petitioner's Motion to Suppress the evidence obtained through the execution of the contingency search warrant?
23-5314 Joe Crawford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency felony-conviction jury-instructions mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-standard réhaif-v-united-states Whether the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction when the government fails to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner knew or…
23-5289 Willie Seth Crain, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance pleadings sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence Is it a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process to allow a conviction to stand where some of the elements of the crime were not est…
23-2 Gerald Spruell v. United States Third Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response Waived appellate-review conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-quantities evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-verdict mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict and drug quantities attributed to the con…
22-7670 Lonnie Burdette Porter v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in finding sufficient evidence to convict the defendant under 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) based solely on the defendant's ack…
22-7620 Timothy Sean Coogle v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process entrapment evidence-sufficiency fabricated-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence sixth-amendment strickland-standard Question not identified
22-7344 Oscar Jesus Salais v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder evidence-sufficiency habeas habeas-corpus jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-review ninth-circuit sufficiency-of-evidence summary-reversal Whether the Ninth Circuit's reliance on nonexistent testimony so departed from the accepted course of judicial proceedings as to justify summary rever…
22-6912 Michael Wright v. J. Pickett, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sufficiency-of-evidence Can the Federal court deny a Certificate of Appealability on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel for his failure to raise a constitutional …
22-6837 James Randolph Sherman v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-fairness criminal-conspiracy drug-offense due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-speculation loose-practice non-incriminating-evidence unfairness-to-defendant Does the U.S. Constitution embrace a criminal conspiracy conviction when the government presents non-incriminating evidence of innocent conduct regard…
22-6794 Anthony Suggs v. Tim McConahay, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency habeas-corpus legal-jurisdiction sentencing sixth-amendment standing Why is Mr. Biggs being denied relief even though the convictions for kidnapping do not have the essential elements to support it?
22-6555 Steven Charles Hill v. Texas Texas 2023-01-18 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-verdict life-sentence proportionality sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence Was the evidence sufficient to sustain the jury's guilty verdict?
22-5779 James Michael Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-instructions money-laundering standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence wire-fraud Whether the evidence at trial was insufficient to convict the petitioner of wire fraud and money laundering
22-205 Demetrios Stavrakis, aka Dimitrios Stavrakis, aka Jimmy v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-09-07 Denied Response Waived circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-court judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal rule-of-equipoise sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a federal court must apply the 'rule of equipoise' and grant a motion for judgment of acquittal when evidence of guilt and innocence is evenly…
21-8287 Michael D. Phillips v. Florida Florida 2022-06-29 Denied IFP burglary civil-rights criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt sentencing Did the prosecutor ever prove all prongs and elements for being a felon in possession?
21-7911 Lincoln Dille, aka Lincoln Dille II v. Mississippi Mississippi 2022-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection evidence-sufficiency jury-instructions jury-selection racial-discrimination speedy-trial standing whether-the-state-used-all-of-its-peremptory-challenges-against-african-american-jurors
21-7858 Larry Lewis v. Mississippi Fifth Circuit 2022-05-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions Whether the indictment was defective in count 1 and 2 under state law, whether the indictment failed to specify the date and place of the alleged crim…
21-7459 Robbie Catchings, aka Robert Brown, aka Robbie Catching v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law firearm-possession firearms jury-instructions jury-verdict knowingly-possessed statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether sufficient evidence supported the jury's verdict that petitioner knowingly possessed a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
21-7280 Sammie Carroll v. Maryland Maryland 2022-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-of-special-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency jail-call-evidence standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Did the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland err in ruling that the evidence adduced at trial was sufficient to sustain a conviction?
21-6668 Shane Patrick Sprague v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP animal-welfare-act conspiracy due-process eleventh-circuit evidence-sufficiency insufficient-evidence jury-deliberation jury-deliberations supervisory-jurisdiction Whether the evidence was sufficient to support a conviction of conspiracy to violate the Animal Welfare Act
21-6670 Eric Beverly v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice bank-robbery beyond-reasonable-doubt criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit jury-conviction standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the appeals court conducted an adequate review of facts and evidence upon which the jury reached its decision to convict
21-6233 Joe Lenard Rodriguez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-to-distribute criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-trial methamphetamine Did the courts below err in convicting the Petitioner of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine?
21-6230 In Re Billy John Roberson 2021-11-10 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment aggravated-assault conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-conflict jury-instructions penal-code texas-penal-code Whether the petitioner was wrongfully convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon despite not owning or having access to a firearm
21-6162 Antwain T. Sales v. Tennessee Tennessee 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-authority standing state-courts state-law-interpretation Whether the lower courts in Tennessee exceeded the jurisdiction conferred and acted illegally
21-6090 Olry Maurival v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy crawford-confrontation criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency false-tax-return false-tax-returns hearsay-evidence sufficiency-of-evidence tax-fraud Whether the verdict of guilt was supported by sufficient evidence
21-6045 Melissa Richardson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-circuit appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency involuntary-confession judicial-error miranda-rights motion-to-suppress right-to-counsel Whether the 5th Circuit erred in denying Richardson's motion to suppress
21-6029 Daronnie Thompkins v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery coercion criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-enhancement interrogation interrogation-tactics involuntary-statements self-incrimination sentencing Whether Thompkins' incriminating statements were involuntary and should have been suppressed
21-5804 Kenneth Randale Door v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency judgment-of-acquittal jurisdiction plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states Is review of a claim that the evidence was insufficient to establish the knowledge of status required by Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (201…
21-475 Deanna Brookhart, Warden v. Kenneth Smith Seventh Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2254 appellate-review evidence-sufficiency evidence-weighing federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt standard-of-review state-court-deference Whether the Seventh Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)'s strictures in awarding habeas relief to respondent based on its own reweighing of the evide…
21-5315 Rafael Arturo Coto Chinchilla v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-arguments criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sufficiency-of-evidence trial-error Was the evidence sufficient to support the guilty verdict?
21-5054 Kevin Antonio Watson v. Virginia Virginia 2021-07-08 Denied IFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency habeas-corpus ninth-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence Whether after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the Commonwealth of Vir…
20-8288 Anthony L. Ingram v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1201(a)(1) criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency federal-kidnapping jury-instructions motion-for-acquittal Are the due process rights of a defendant in a criminal case violated when the government fails to present evidence at trial as to each element of the…
20-7903 Jerry W. Green, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy-objective criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-finding jury-findings predicate-acts RICO-conspiracy Whether sufficient evidence exists to sustain a RICO conspiracy conviction when the Government charges specific predicate acts in the indictment, the …
20-7686 Lonnie Alonzo Howard v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act circuit-court criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency felon-in-possession plain-error sufficiency-of-evidence trial-record Whether this case should be held pending Greer v. United States
20-7485 Wilbern Woodrow Cooper v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-sufficiency fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest standing state-agents state-deference sufficiency-of-evidence Due-Process-Clause-Violation
20-7087 Brian James Holland v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2241 conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency force-definition statutory-interpretation witness-credibility What is the definition of the term 'force' under 18 U.S.C. § 2241?
20-7066 William Echols v. Douglas Fender, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP allied-offenses case-joinder confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidence-sufficiency fair-trial joinder trial-fairness Whether Echols was denied a fair and impartial trial due to several major constitutional and due process violations that included an improper joiner o…
20-6978 Chaka LeChar Castro v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process ethnic-targeting evidence evidence-sufficiency hate-crime hate-crimes religious-discrimination sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether sufficient evidence supported Petitioner's convictions under 18-U.S.C-924(c)
20-6951 Julio Torres Palomo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony hearsay hearsay-objection indictment indictment-insufficiency jury-instructions sexual-abuse sufficiency-of-evidence Question not identified
20-6927 Anthony Freeney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a audio-recordings criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jail-phone-calls jury-instructions jury-verdict sentencing standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Was the evidence insufficient to sustain the jury's guilty verdict?
20-6384 Owen McCants v. Steven Silva First Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law-violation ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-review pretrial-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review Whether the trial court, appeals court, and Supreme Judicial Court abused their discretion?
20-650 Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH v. RWE Trading Americas Inc. Second Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure corporate-control discovery discovery-compliance document-search evidence-sufficiency judicial-discretion possession-custody-control reasonable-search subpoena subpoena-standard Whether the district court applied the wrong standard in concluding that the subpoena target's search was adequate and quashing the subpoena
20-6094 Sean Alonzo Bush v. Florida Florida 2020-10-22 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency florida-supreme-court legal-precedent precedent standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Florida Supreme Court denied the petitioner due process
20-5603 Michael A. Glover v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-sufficiency reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence Did the Pennsylvania state courts violate the petitioner's 5th and 14th amendment rights when they found the petitioner guilty despite insufficient ev…
20-5177 Rolando Felix-Carrazco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency holdout-juror judicial-inquiry judicial-interference juror-dismissal jury-deliberation jury-deliberations scotus-guidance trial-court-discretion Whether repeated questioning of jurors about a holdout juror violates Brasfield v. United States
20-5171 Cedric Watkins v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied IFP constitutional-rights credibility-of-witnesses due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-sufficiency fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment witness-credibility Whether the lower courts properly applied Supreme Court precedent and enforced the U.S. Constitution
19-8885 Juan Leonardo Cadenas-Urena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-manufacturing due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-verdict premises-liability sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence Did the panel err by holding that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the jury's guilty verdict?
19-8642 Christopher Davis v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency false-evidence grand-jury police-misconduct robbery-identification standing suppression-hearing Why was I denied the right to subpoena Indianapolis Metro Detectives to refute their falsified record to the Grand Jury?
19-8546 Annamalai Annamalai and Parvathi Sivanadiyan v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-jurisdiction judicial-error new-trial procedural-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct issues-being-raised
19-8338 Charles P. Mayeux, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-04-22 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-amendments criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia jury-trial non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment Whether a conviction based upon a non-unanimous verdict violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?
19-8326 Charles Brandon Martin v. Maryland Maryland 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation burden-of-proof confrontation-clause evidence-sufficiency materiality materiality-standard sufficiency-of-evidence voir-dire witness-availability When a Brady violation (Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)) occurs, must the Court take into account the effects of the Brady violation, or simply …
19-8106 Salvador Arteaga Aragon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conspiracy court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency judicial-review petitioner standard-of-review Whether the court of appeals erred in finding sufficient evidence to sustain petitioner's conspiracy conviction
19-7987 Ashley R. Hambright v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure driving-while-intoxicated due-process dui evidence evidence-sufficiency federal-appeals intoxication magistrate-review military-jurisdiction stare-decisis sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the DWI conviction by relying on an incorrect statement of the law on causation and failing to evaluate t…
19-7768 Jibriil A. Hersi v. Harold May, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-misconduct jury-trial police-misconduct prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-appeal transcript trial-irregularities Whether I am entitled to get the missing records from my trial in Medina County, Ohio for statements made by the judge outside the hearing of the jury…
19-7388 Aaron Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP actual-prosecution categorical-match categorical-overbreadth circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-sentencing felon-in-possession insufficient-evidence prior-conviction prior-felony-conviction rehaif Whether a defendant must point to an actual state court prosecution to demonstrate a prior conviction is not a categorical match
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
19-7167 Harshadkumar Nanjibhai Jadav v. Virginia Virginia 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circumstantial-evidence criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency first-degree-murder identity-of-defendant identity-of-perpetrator jury-instructions possession-of-weapon premeditation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Court of Appeals of Virginia unreasonably affirmed the Petitioner's conviction on the charge of First-Degree Murder
19-6964 David Russell Posey v. Scott Middlebrooks, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency ineffective-assistance-of-counsel kidnapping-statute standing trial-rights Issue being raised
19-5934 Bruce Randol Merryman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence AEDPA-statute-of-limitation constitutional-claim equitable-tolling evidence-insufficiency evidence-sufficiency federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence right-to-be-present statute-of-limitations Whether petitioner can establish a gateway claim of actual innocence based on a constitutional claim of insufficiency of evidence
19-5432 Kevin Michael-Dorman Beltowski v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility-determinations criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error due-process evidence-sufficiency harmless-error instructional-error judicial-review jury-instructions newly-discovered-evidence right-to-defense right-to-present-defense sufficiency-of-evidence Whether instructional error occurred in a way that conflicts with the Supreme Court's clearly established harmless-error precedents
18A1333 Alfredo Beltran Leyva v. United States District of Columbia 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure drug-trafficking evidence-sufficiency guilty-plea plea-withdrawal sentencing Whether a district court may deny a criminal defendant's motion to withdraw a guilty plea after the defendant seeks to proceed to trial and challenges…
18-9678 Binika L. Hankton v. Frederick Boutte, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,evidence,jackson-v- evidence evidence-sufficiency fifth-amendment fourth-amendment jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Is a conviction constitutionally suspect when the evidence used to convict does not meet the standards of Jackson?
18A1306 Latif Shamsuddin v. New York New York 2019-06-13 Presumed Complete burden-shifting criminal-trial due-process evidence-sufficiency prosecutorial-misconduct summation-comments Whether a prosecutor's statements during summation improperly shift the burden of proof in a criminal trial in violation of due process
18-9465 Beth Galloway v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting criminal-intent criminal-law eighth-circuit evidence evidence-sufficiency financial-transaction financial-transactions insurance-fraud judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal motion-for-new-trial new-trial Whether a judgment of acquittal should have been granted
18-9104 Kurt Zamor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure common-carrier criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-16 evidence evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony firearms firearms-regulation mens-rea sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit failed to properly apply Title 18 U.S.C. Section 922(e)
18-9082 Arion D. Andrews v. Ohio Ohio 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-investigation evidence-sufficiency fourth-amendment independent-evidence judicial-review police-investigation probable-cause residence search-warrant Can a search warrant properly issue under the Fourth Amendment when the police-officer-affiant states that the address to be searched is the residence…
18-8981 John Bowling v. Maryland Maryland 2019-04-24 Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency free-speech jury-instructions standing Any ERRONEOUS INSTRUCTION on force WMS Ofer to the funy
18-8858 Aspen Warren v. Texas Texas 2019-04-16 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-unanimity manner-and-means murder murder-conviction state-criminal-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether there must be sufficient evidence to convict under each manner or means alleged in a murder case where under state statutes a jury need not be…
18-8681 Jamal James Carmouche v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency fifth-circuit-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review malicious-prosecution standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-counsel trial-record Whether there was sufficient evidence to convict Mr. Carmouche of a crime?
18-8132 Anthony D. Phillips v. Bonita Hoffner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adjudication-on-the-merits AEDPA aedpa-standards constitutional-error due-process evidence-sufficiency ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia plain-error plain-error-review sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a constitutional error reviewed under plain error standards is an adjudication on the merits; and whether AEDPA deferential standards of revie…
18-7228 Dashawn D. Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency excited-utterance excited-utterances hearsay hearsay-evidence prior-identification residual-hearsay-exception sentencing sentencing-error supervised-release Whether the sentencing court erred in admitting hearsay statements as excited utterances
18-6792 Christopher W. Fillmore v. Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court circuit-split civil-procedure cross-motions district-court equitable-remedies evidence evidence-sufficiency evidentiary-insufficiency judicial-discretion representation-resources summary-judgment Whether the district court and Seventh Circuit erred in granting summary judgment for Indiana Bell despite finding that both parties submitted 'sparse…
18-6618 Jessie Jesus Marquez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split constitutional-burden constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-case evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence government-proof recorded-phone-call Are statements made during a recorded phone call, standing alone, sufficient to sustain the Government's constitutional burden of proof in a drug case…
18-5686 Dwight Mundle v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-875-c awareness-of-threat criminal-intent criminal-law due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency intent jury prejudicial-effect prior-conduct statutory-interpretation threatening-communication uncharged-conduct witness-testimony Was there enough or even any evidence to prove the conviction of transmitting a threatening communication, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875 (c)