government-failure
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-7418 | Sammy Redi Araya v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-05-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof criminal-fraud government-failure judicial-discretion loss-amount loss-calculation plea-bargaining sentencing-courts sentencing-guidelines victim-losses | Whether a sentencing court is required to verify actual or intended victim losses when applying a U.S. Sentencing Guidelines enhancement |
| 22-992 | Clay Melton Denton v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-04-13 | Denied | adverse-inference criminal-procedure due-process evidence-spoliation exculpatory-evidence government-failure jury-instruction spoliation | When is a defendant entitled to a spoliation instruction for lost potentially exculpatory evidence? |