fatal-variance

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5350 Randolph J. Norwood v. Florida Florida 2022-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fatal-variance trial-integrity victim-identification witness-testimony Whether a fatal variance and due process violation occurs when a state charges a defendant with a crime against a specific individual but presents a d…
21-5049 Yancey J. Myers, aka Yam v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fatal-variance judicial-integrity plain-error reversible-error standard-of-review When the as facto elauee is nic hed ae Ee eit 2 '5 obviously plain, does this error, reguire a reversal of Seog! criminal Conv aha
19-6418 Wayne Neville Morris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constructive-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error due-process fatal-variance fifth-amendment modified-categorical-approach rule-of-lenity sixth-amendment Whether a conviction based on an erroneous legal theory can be sustained when the petitioner presents clear and convincing evidence that the accused, …
18-6298 Robert Alan Fratta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-punishment civil-rights constitutional-rights constructive-amendment due-process fatal-variance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-review miscarriage-of-justice pro-se-representation right-to-counsel standing sufficiency-of-evidence Is it unconstitutional for a U.S. Court of Appeals to accept, sanction or make decisions that allow state courts to refuse to accept meritorious issue…