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… |