general-verdict

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A339 Devin W. Johnson v. United States Armed Forces 2025-09-24 Presumed Complete appellate-review constitutional-challenge court-martial general-verdict military-justice sexual-misconduct Whether a military court's general verdict of guilt in a sexual misconduct case can be challenged based on recent legal changes affecting the soundnes…
22-5522 Fernando Cazares v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-appealability conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict pinkerton-conspiracy section-241 section-245 sentencing violent-crime Did the court of appeals err in failing to grant a certificate of appealability
21-8000 Elijah Johnson v. California California 2022-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure general-verdict inconsistent-verdicts jury-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Whether a reviewing court may uphold a general verdict by relying on a specific fact the jury rejected as not proved beyond a reasonable doubt, in lig…
21-876 John G. Williams, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response Waived criminal-liability due-process general-verdict jury-instructions jury-verdict legal-sufficiency wire-fraud yates-rule Whether a general guilty verdict on charges of wire fraud must be set aside on Due Process grounds if the jury could have or might have found guilt ba…
21-6534 Wilfredo Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error jury-verdict residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a general verdict that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) may be sustained b…
21-6217 Alberto Grajales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error judicial-review residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a general verdict that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(B) may be sustained b…
21-5813 Anthony Foster v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach general-verdict habeas-proceeding harmless-error-review predicate-offenses Stromberg-error Should the categorical approach be used in a habeas proceeding to evaluate which of several predicate offenses support a jury's general verdict?
21-408 Gertrude Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied Response Waived conspiracy-charge criminal-intent criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel general-verdict insufficient-evidence jury-verdict medicare medicare-statutes reasonable-interpretation sixth-amendment Whether Parker was denied effective assistance of counsel
20-6342 Pedro Gutierrez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment general-verdict judgment-of-acquittal rico rico-case special-verdict Whether a RICO 'Gang' Case Certified as Complex Should Require the Use of a Special Verdict Form Rather Than a General Verdict Form
19-7364 Ernest William Singleton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-schedules drug-scheduling general-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-pain-clinic money-laundering surveillance-footage Whether the jury relied on an invalid conviction for distributing Ultram in finding the defendant guilty of money laundering
18-1383 James M. Hale v. United States Armed Forces 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived 10-usc-802 court-martial court-martial-jurisdiction general-verdict judicial-deference jurisdictional-defects jurisdictional-limits legal-sufficiency military-discipline military-discipline-jurisdiction military-law overt-acts plain-error rostker-v-goldberg sufficiency-of-evidence weiss-v-united-states Whether the court-martial had jurisdiction over the charged conduct