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25A625 Louisiana, ex rel. Darrell J. Robinson v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2025-11-26 Application brady-violation exculpatory-evidence impeachment-evidence post-conviction prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-review Whether the prosecution's failure to disclose impeachment and exculpatory evidence constituted a Brady violation that prejudicially undermined the fai…
25-474 Justin Baggett v. Texas Texas 2025-10-17 Denied criminal-procedure due-process impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance plea-agreement strickland-standard I. Whether trial counsel's failure to investigate and discover impeachment evidence against a key prosecution witness before a defendant accepts a ple…
25A143 Justin Baggett v. Texas Texas 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance no-contest-plea plea-bargain prosecutorial-misconduct Whether a defendant's no-contest plea precludes challenging a conviction based on undisclosed impeachment evidence about a key witness under United St…
24-6358 James David Watwood v. David Newcomer, Warden Fourth Circuit 2025-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confidential-records due-process government-witness impeachment-evidence sixth-amendment Is a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to Compulsory Process or Fourteenth Amendment right to due process violated when access to impeaching …
24-5840 David R. Schachtner v. Chris Brewer, Warden Eighth Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure fair-trial impeachment-evidence motion-to-suppress prior-bad-acts trial-court-discretion Whether a trial court abused its discretion by denying a motion to suppress impeachment evidence and admitting prior bad acts evidence that prejudicia…
24-5807 Christopher Collings v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2024-10-22 Denied IFP brady-violation cause-and-prejudice criminal-procedure due-process impeachment-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the State's failure to disclose impeachment evidence constitutes cause sufficient to excuse the petitioner's prior non-presentation of due pro…
24-5163 Thomas Leo Springs v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa-deference capital-punishment habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasoned-state-court-opinion state-court-review strickland-prejudice strickland-standard Whether a federal court applying AEDPA deference to a reasoned state court opinion may ignore the explanation provided by the state court and instead …
23-6789 Randolph Maya v. Florida Florida 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidence grand-jury grand-jury-testimony impeachment impeachment-evidence jury-instructions prior-inconsistent-statement substantive-evidence witness witness-testimony Can a party knowingly call a witness it expects to testify contrary to previous statements in order for those statements to entered as substantive evi…
23-5905 Daniel Kristof Lak v. California California 2023-10-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady brady-disclosure conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process impeachment-evidence law-enforcement law-enforcement-witness prosecutorial-ethics witness Whether a prosecutor's duty to disclose exculpatory and impeachment information under Brady should be extended to include mandating the disclosure of …
23-5677 Rodtravion Woods v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights credibility credibility-challenge effective-assistance-of-counsel government-witness habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance prejudice sixth-amendment trial-counsel Was petitioner prejudicially denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel
23A63 Johnny Johnson v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2023-07-24 Denied brady-violation due-process-clause habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct suppression-of-evidence Whether a state court's denial of a Brady claim alleging prosecutorial suppression of material impeachment evidence, without explanation or argument, …
23-5147 Johnny Johnson v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2023-07-20 Denied IFP attorney-general brady-v-maryland brady-violation continuing-duty-to-disclose criminal-procedure critical-state's-witnesses due-process impeachment-evidence local-prosecutor's-office material-impeachment-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Is the continuing duty to disclose material impeachment evidence regarding critical state's witnesses pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963…
22-1075 James E. Hinkle v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-precedent impeachment impeachment-evidence witness-testimony Whether the right to confrontation was denied
22-6500 Richard Eugene Glossip v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-01-09 Dismissed Amici (2)Relisted (21)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression impeachment-evidence materiality post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review suppressed-evidence witness-credibility Whether a court may require a defendant to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable fact finder would have returned a guilty ve…
22-6155 Ryan McGuire v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-trial cross-examination due-process fair-trial impeachment impeachment-evidence law-enforcement Does a trial court's ruling excluding evidence at trial violate a criminal defendant's right to due process, including the rights to confront and exam…
22-5900 Robert Bethel v. Ohio Ohio 2022-10-25 Denied IFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence guilty-plea impeachment-evidence united-states-v-ruiz Whether there is a fundamental difference between material exculpatory and impeachment evidence when a guilty plea is involved, and does due process r…
22-5429 Omar Shariff Cash v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland circuit-split due-process harmless-error impeachment-evidence materiality standards-of-review suppressed-evidence witness-credibility Should this Court resolve the division among the Courts of Appeals and determine the appropriate standard for a court to apply in determining whether …
22-5434 Zane D. Crowder v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied IFP actual-innocence child-protection forensic-interview gateway-standard habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence mcquiggin-v-perkins new-evidence post-conviction-relief procedural-limitations Whether the new evidence relied upon by the Petitioner meets the gateway actual innocence standard set forth in McQuiggin v. Perkins
22-127 Abraham Moses Fisch v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1515(c) appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights fifth-circuit impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned…
22-5050 Johnny M. Ruffin v. David Mitchell Seventh Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility brady-materiality brady-v-maryland circuit-conflict circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression impeachment-evidence materiality suppressed-evidence Whether the Seventh Circuit's decision creates conflict with other Circuits regarding the admissibility and materiality requirements under Brady v. Ma…
21-7780 Selvin Orlando Carranza v. California California 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 8th-amendment brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence impeachment-evidence police-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct third-party-culpability Whether a prosecutor's failure to disclose exculpatory and impeachment evidence related to a police officer's prior criminal conduct violates the defe…
21-7499 David Lopez Gonzales v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-30 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland cullen-v-pinholster due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-habeas fifth-amendment habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct Does Cullen v Pinholster bar consideration of new evidence in federal habeas proceedings when the prosecutor presented false testimony to rebut the de…
21-6930 Juan Rivera-George, aka Tio v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation cross-examination-limitation fair-trial hearsay-admission impartial-jury impeachment-evidence jury-bias jury-impartiality sentencing sentencing-disparity sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right Whether Juan Rivera-George was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial by an impartial jury
21-5256 In Re Isaiah S. Harris, Sr. 2021-07-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence brady brady-disclosure circuit-split due-process impeachment-evidence newly-discovered-evidence newly-presented-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct whether-the-prosecutor's-obligation-under-brady-to-turn-over-evidence-stands-independent-of-the-defendant's-knowledge
20-8262 Francisco Hilt and Sean Alexander v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process entrapment firearms-possession impeachment-evidence informant-disclosure sting-operation Does the government's suppression of an informant's identity and impeachment evidence in a sting operation violate Rovario v. United States, Smith v. …
20-7674 Kuantau Reeder v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process giglio-v-united-states impeachment-evidence materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Whether the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal failed to correctly apply clearly established federal law as announced by this Court when it held…
20-6727 Sergio Avalos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-and-just-reasons guilty-plea impeachment-evidence impeachment-information plea-agreement post-hoc-disclosure withdrawal Whether being misled about the terms of the plea agreement and the government's post-hoc disclosure of impeachment information constituted 'fair and j…
20-5933 Junior Griffin v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP complete-defense constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-exclusion impeachment-evidence right-to-present-evidence supervisory-power wiretap-evidence wiretapping Whether the defendant was denied his constitutional right to present a complete defense
20-79 Cedric L. Daniels v. Dave Davey, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause due-process evidence-admission fourteenth-amendment hearsay impeachment-evidence jury-instructions sixth-amendment three-strikes-law Denial of Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses and Fourteenth Amendment due process
19-8916 Adam Lee Hamilton v. Eileen Ramey, Warden Missouri 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-v-youngblood brady-v-maryland constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence first-degree-assault impeachment-evidence missouri-prosecution napue-v-illinois Does the State of Missouri have the authority under the Constitution of the United States to charge, try, and convict the petitioner of first-degree r…
19-1457 Matthew Hudak v. Illinois Illinois 2020-07-06 Denied brady-obligations due-process exculpatory-evidence exculpatory-material guilty-plea impeachment-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the prosecution's Brady obligations allow the prosecution to deliberately suppress relevant impeachment or exculpatory material before a guilt…
19-7414 Latray Whitley v. Texas Texas 2020-01-24 Denied IFP brady-disclosure-obligations brady-rule cooperation-agreement criminal-procedure due-process federal-inmates giglio-disclosure giglio-rule giglio-v-united-states impeachment-evidence materiality prosecutorial-misconduct state-prosecutors witness-testimony Whether the state district court's determination that written, 5K1 and Rule 35-based cooperation addenda, audio recorded communications, and audio rec…
19-7340 Junior Vazquez-Suarez v. Florida Florida 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure disclosure due-process fourteenth-amendment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance police-misconduct Whether police officer's failure to disclose impeachment evidence to the defense prior to trial violated the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause u…
19-7274 Gregory Bartko v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct wearry-v-cain witness-testimony Did the lower courts err in failing to properly review and conclude that the prosecution's withholding of exculpatory and impeachment evidence favorab…
19-5879 Timothy L. Joe v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment cross-examination due-process evidence evidentiary-law impeachment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel opioid-addiction police-misconduct sixth-amendment Can Florida's evidentiary laws constitutionally preclude impeachment evidence of opioid-addicted police officers?
18-8687 Melanie A. Ogle v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Sixth Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied IFP actual-innocence brady-v-maryland brady-violation circuit-split credibility-of-witness due-process habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence schlup-gateway Has this Court amended its previous decision that the Schlup gateway standard does not require absolute certainty about the petitioner's guilt or inno…
18-7400 Damion Sleugh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review co-defendant-testimony criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence fifth-amendment first-amendment impeachment impeachment-evidence witness-credibility Whether the need for sealing a co-defendant's subpoena applications ends once the co-defendant changes his plea and testifies for the Government at tr…
18-6725 Charles Wayne Bussell v. Kentucky Kentucky 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process impeachment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-hearing post-conviction-relief postconviction-hearing sixth-amendment tainted-testimony trial-strategy witness-testimony Was defense counsel ineffective in the re-trial when he failed to object to the introduction of the tainted testimony from the first trial and when he…
18-5705 George Easterly v. Florida Florida 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness postconviction-relief probable-cause probable-cause-affidavit search-and-seizure search-warrant voluntariness-of-plea Whether the Florida Court of Appeals unreasonably applied this Court's precedent
18-5 Dennis Riley v. Ohio Washington 2018-07-02 Denied Response Waived brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland criminal-discovery discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence guilty-plea impeachment-evidence internal-investigations investigative-officer-misconduct plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct whether-defendant-entitled-to-impeachment-or-exculpatory-evidence-after-pleading-guilty