forensic-science
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23A566 | Areli Escobar v. Texas | Texas | 2023-12-19 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process forensic-science scientific-reliability | Whether the use of scientifically unreliable forensic DNA evidence that was concededly false and misleading violates a criminal defendant's constituti… | |
| 23-6276 | Danny Hill v. Tim Shoop, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2023-12-15 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | aedpa bitemark-evidence constitutional-challenge federal-constitutional-rights forensic-science habeas-corpus judicial-resources newly-ripened-claims second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition | Is a habeas petition 'second or successive' when the factual predicate giving rise to the petitioner's claim occurs long after the petitioner filed hi… |
| 21-7003 | Latique Johnson v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | admissibility admissibility-standard ballistics ballistics-testimony evidence expert-testimony expert-witness federal-rules-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence firearm forensic-science scientific-reliability | Whether testimony by ballistics toolmark experts that a particular firearm fired recovered bullets or casings is presently so flawed as to be inadmiss… |
| 18-564 | Rosemary L. Decosimo v. Tennessee | Tennessee | 2018-10-31 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment forensic-science fourteenth-amendment impartiality law-enforcement sixth-amendment standing | Whether the right to a fair trial and due process were violated by a Tennessee law awarding the state forensic lab $250 per conviction-related test |