federal-circuit-courts

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7830 Steven Nicholson v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-circuit constitutional-rights diminished-capacity due-process federal-circuit-courts michigan-law rule-of-law voluntary-intoxication Does the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals position to acquiesce to MCL 768.37 by not interfering with Michigan's jurisdiction conflict with how multiple U…
22-6561 Telly Hankton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure federal-circuit-courts forfeiture-by-wrongdoing sixth-amendment standard-of-proof testimonial-statements What standard of proof is required for the admission of prior testimonial statements under the forfeiture-by-wrongdoing exception to the Confrontation…
19-564 Michigan v. Eric Lamontee Beck Michigan 2019-10-29 Denied acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-circuit-courts preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-innocence sentencing Whether due process permits a sentencing court to consider conduct underlying an acquitted charge
19-5130 Tammie McConico v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-courts circumstantial-evidence equal-protection federal-circuit-courts reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment standard-of-review Whether the Sixth Amendment requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt, even in a circumstantial case?
18-6979 Lewis Carnell Jackson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-offense culpable-negligence deference federal-circuit-courts federal-courts mens-rea sentencing-enhancement state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense with a mens rea of 'culpable negligence' qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 9…