| 23-6114 |
Andre Jackson v. California |
California |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights court-opinion due-process evidentiary-issues ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-issue legal-relief procedural-error record-development |
Whether APPELLATE Counsel's PERFORMANCE WAS deFiciut uNneteR StrickiANnd |
| 22-6870 |
Victor Rodriquez Kessel v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-issues fair-trial fourth-amendment judicial-misconduct jury-tampering language-barrier miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct |
Did the unethical and arbitrary act/action of the US Attorney of passing out candy in the midst of the petitioner's trial to the empaneled jury comple… |
| 22-6809 |
Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
404(b)-standard appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rule evidentiary-issues evidentiary-test judicial-interpretation legal-uniformity rule-404(b) |
Is an updated, clear, and uniform test needed for the most common evidentiary issue presented on appeal, Rule 404(b) related issues? |
| 22-5974 |
Draco Aurum Rat v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression evidentiary-issues fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony |
Whether a prosecutor who misrepresents witness testimony, asks false leading questions, and solicits false testimony has committed a fundamental error… |
| 20-7735 |
DeAndre Harris v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
advocacy-appearance constitutional-challenge due-process evidentiary-breach evidentiary-issues fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias judicial-impartiality prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-discretion |
Whether the trial court reversibly erred in admitting highly prejudicial and irrelevant evidence related to an alleged threat to Ms. Branson by Petiti… |
| 19-7994 |
David Armondo Butler v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-conflict Confrontation-Clause criminal-procedure Due-Process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-preservation Evidentiary-Issues Fourteenth-Amendment ineffective-assistance prior-acts-of-violence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel strategic-decision video-footage |
Was court-appointed counsel's decision not to seek video footage of alleged victim's prior acts of violence a violation of the Sixth Amendment right t… |
| 19-6201 |
Ronn Darnell Sterling v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal bank-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission evidentiary-issues false-evidence improper-cross-examination ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-conviction-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the district court erred in rejecting the petitioner's claim within his § 2255 motion that pre-trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective … |
| 19-5819 |
Arthur Rathburn v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard evidentiary-issues fair-notice jury-instructions reasonable-doubt right-to-jury-trial right-to-present-defense sufficiency-of-evidence vagueness |
Whether the government failed to present sufficient evidence to support the convictions beyond a reasonable doubt |
| 18-9527 |
Thomas Branagan v. Isidro Baca, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-victim civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-issues ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-assault standing testimony-inconsistency witness-credibility witness-testimony |
Whether the defendant's constitutional rights were violated due to ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct |
| 18-9120 |
Russell Frey v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sexual-assault cumulative-error due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-issues fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial prejudice right-to-counsel |
Whether the defendant's constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel was violated due to counsel's overall health and performance |
| 18-5957 |
Raul Arcila v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 criminal-procedure drug-statute due-process evidentiary-issues jury-evidence jury-instructions plain-error proximate-cause sentencing-factor unfair-prejudice |
Whether the District Court committed plain error by allowing the government to convert a sentencing factor into a proximate cause element |