exoneration

6 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-8 John Meyer v. John Pellegrin Sixth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied attorney-liability breach-of-contract civil-procedure criminal-defense criminal-defense-attorney exoneration legal-malpractice post-conviction-relief Whether a criminal defense lawyer should be held responsible for his actions and inactions even if his client is guilty of a lesser offense
23-6938 Frank Garcia v. Julie Wolcott, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied IFP accused-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process exoneration harmless-error post-conviction Can the harmless-error doctrine be applied to DNA evidence that has the sole ability to clear, convict, or exonerate the accused?
22-7489 Theodore Dean Acosta v. Glen Wilson, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-guarantees constitutional-rights damages due-process exoneration legal-representation political-motivation standing statute-of-limitations Does an exonerated person have a right to be made whole after being denied due process and suffering additional punishments?
20-8086 Jack E. Allen v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-05-20 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process exoneration fair-trial false-imprisonment federal-crimes fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment wrongful-conviction Does the petitioner deserve another trial based upon constitutional rights violations?
19-6143 Christopher Scott v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution-framing constitutional-law due-process exoneration judicial-review original-intent separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation Did the framers of the Constitution believe that the document's power would 'exonerate' a man?
18-9412 Amin A. Rashid v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-24 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-act criminal-act-concealment due-process evidentiary-hearing exoneration fundamental-defect judicial-misconduct mail-fraud miscarriage-of-justice neutral-judge section-2255 standing Whether Undisputed Evidence Suggesting That The Trial Judge Was Acting To Conceal A Criminal Act Committed By Prior Judges In The Case Which Act If Ad…