government-informant
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-6588 | Aaron Ramirez Espinoza v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-01-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | co-conspirator conspiracy criminal-evidence criminal-law due-process evidence government-informant sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-testimony | Whether a government informant and co-conspirators testimony of another's involvement in the conspiracy is sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction… |
| 23-6353 | Robert John Virnig v. Minnesota | Minnesota | 2023-12-26 | Denied | IFP | 4th-amendment agency exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment government-informant home-office probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-search | Did the District Court err in ruling that the government informant was not acting as an agent of the government when, without a warrant or an exceptio… |
| 22-6872 | Gustavo Guzman v. California | California | 2023-02-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-conduct fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence government-informant home-surveillance reasonable-suspicion warrantless-entry | Whether the Fourth Amendment permits a government informant's warrantless entry into a home to monitor, transmit, or record statements without reasona… |
| 20-5038 | Reza Olangian v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-07-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | credibility due-process fair-trial government-informant government-witness trial-procedure truthfulness witness-availability witness-credibility witness-testimony | Is a defendant deprived of a fair trial when government witnesses are invited to comment on his credibility and candor, and when he in turn is asked t… |
| 18-7886 | Akeen Ocean v. United States | First Circuit | 2019-02-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 6th-amendment criminal-procedure deliberate-elicitation government-informant informant-testimony massiah-doctrine massiah-v-united-states post-indictment-rights right-to-counsel sixth-amendment | Does 'deliberate elicitation' for purposes of Massiah v. United States occur only in cases where the government has expressly directed its informant t… |
| 18-5349 | Tyron Young v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2018-07-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confrontation-clause confrontation-right cross-examination due-process government-informant hearsay out-of-court-allegations reliability sentencing sentencing-hearing sixth-amendment unsworn-testimony | Whether the Sixth Amendment right to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses applies at a sentencing hearing where the court bases the sentence o… |