implied-malice

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6653 John Douglas Alexander v. Jonathan Nance, Warden Fourth Circuit 2025-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process implied-malice jury-instructions self-defense Did the lower Court err in finding that Petitioner's Conviction and sentence were not obtained unconstitutionally in violation of due process rights?
22-6569 Charles Heard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 9th-circuit california-law categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause implied-malice ninth-circuit second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation Does a VICAR murder conviction based on California second-degree murder constitute a crime of violence?