fingerprint-evidence
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-5335 | Valentino Cabral Darosa v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-08-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence fingerprint-evidence good-faith-exception search-warrant | Whether the Fourth Circuit's decision in United States v. Darosa conflicts with other Circuit Courts' precedents regarding the admissibility of finger… |
| 24-5302 | Victor Hugo Rodriguez Hernandez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | Ninth Circuit | 2024-08-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fingerprint-evidence habeas-corpus misidentification | Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to potential misidentification and lack of due process in a criminal case involving V… |
| 22-5048 | George A. Pilola v. Craig Koenig, Acting Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2022-07-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpation fingerprint fingerprint-evidence napue-v-illinois napue-violation ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review prosecutorial-misconduct | Should CERTIORARI be granted to review the failure of the prosecution to turn over fingerprint evidence and the untruthfulness of the detective and pr… |
| 20-7687 | Ronald James Hamilton, Jr. v. Texas | Texas | 2021-04-07 | Denied | IFP | capital-murder cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment exculpatory-evidence fingerprint-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct punishment-trial witness-testimony | Did the trial prosecutors deny Mr. Hamilton Due Process by failing to disclose exculpatory fingerprint comparison results relevant to an extraneous ca… |
| 19-6610 | Mario Alberto Rubi v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-11-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | court-of-appeals criminal-procedure door-doctrine evidence expert-testimony fingerprint-evidence fingerprints open-door-doctrine open-the-door precedent standard-of-review unknowing-courier | Whether the court of appeals erred in finding Mr. Rubi opened the door to expert testimony regarding unknowing couriers |
| 18-6954 | Steven Scott Wells v. California | California | 2018-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards expert-testimony fingerprint-analysis fingerprint-evidence forensic-evidence judicial-review scientific-methodology | Does a fingerprint expert's testimony that two fingerprints 'match' have any evidentiary value if the expert provides no explanation for that conclusi… |