| 21-8250 |
Deandre McIntosh v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
buyer-seller buyer-seller-rule criminal-intent criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process government-burden-of-proof knowledge knowledge-requirement stake sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether a defendant can be convicted of drug conspiracy when he was no more than a buyer-seller and the government failed to establish he had knowledg… |
| 21-1297 |
Clare Therese Grady, Carmen Trotta, and Martha Hennessy v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-25 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split criminal-prosecution free-exercise government-burden government-burden-of-proof least-restrictive-means prosecution religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act rfra sincerely-held-beliefs |
Whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act imposes a burden on the government to demonstrate that it has actually considered and rejected the effic… |
| 21-5485 |
Yamilet Diaz v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anti-kickback conspiracy criminal-liability due-process federal-health-care government-burden-of-proof intended-victim jury-instructions medicare-fraud |
Whether jury instructions control the validity of a conviction rather than case law |
| 20-7181 |
Quincy O'Neill Taylor v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm firearm-possession government-burden-of-proof ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dye united-states-v-frady |
Whether the phrase 'in furtherance of' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A) requires the government to show a 'nexus' between the firearm and the drug traffickin… |
| 19-1032 |
Alphonso I. Waters, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process government-burden-of-proof government-evidence intent-to-harm jury-charge target-deception wire-fraud |
Whether petitioner's due process rights were violated |