hostage-taking
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-7835 | Iouri Mikhel v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-07 | Denied | IFP | burden-of-proof competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-judiciary hostage-taking judicial-discretion mental-health recusal standard-of-proof treaty-power trial-procedure | Where significant evidence of competency is susceptible to conflicting inferences, what standard of proof is required for a competency hearing and wha… |
| 18-7485 | Marcus Noel v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-01-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction hostage-taking international-law jurisdictional-elements mens-rea nationality necessary-and-proper-clause treaty-power | Whether the federal Hostage Taking statute requires proof that the defendant knew the victim was a U.S. national |
| 18-7489 | Jurijus Kadamovas v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-01-18 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-1203 bond-v-united-states capital-case due-process-clause federal-authority hostage-taking international-terrorism recusal-standard statutory-interpretation treaty-power | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1203 should be interpreted in accordance with its underlying treaty and the principles in Bond v. United States, 572 U.S. 844 (201… |