| 21-5371 |
James Roland Henderson v. California |
California |
2021-08-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-intent criminal-procedure evidence-exclusion familial-violence first-degree-murder homicide imperfect-self-defense jury-instructions parental-relationship religious-beliefs self-defense special-circumstances |
Question not identified. |
| 19-6621 |
Jaquan Walters v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-circuit criminal-law deadly-force due-process federal-common-law imperfect-self-defense manslaughter murder murder-mitigation self-defense unreasonable-belief voluntary-manslaughter |
Does "imperfect self-defense," which mitigates murder to voluntary manslaughter where the defendant "intend[ed] to use deadly force in the unreasonabl… |
| 18-6352 |
Joseph Kelvin Aberant v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempted-murder cross-reference firearm firearm-offense fourth-circuit imperfect-self-defense indictment self-defense sentencing-guidelines |
I. WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN FINDING
THAT THE CROSS REFERENCE UNDER SECTION 2K2.1(C)(l)
OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES WAS
AP… |
| 18-361 |
Lael J. Alleyne v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2018-09-19 |
Denied |
|
appeal appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process imperfect-self-defense jury-instructions manslaughter self-defense supreme-court-pennsylvania trial-court-error voluntary-manslaughter |
Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying a Petition for Allowance of Appeal despite the trial court's improper exclusion of voluntar… |