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25-6492 Arthur Fayne v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-06 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-law intent misrepresentation property-obtainment sixth-circuit wire-fraud Whether the Sixth Circuit's affirmance of wire-fraud convictions conflicts with the Court's requirement of proving knowing and intentional misrepresen…
25-6329 Tommie Slack v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-possession control criminal-law dominion firearm-possession intent Whether establishing constructive possession of a location is sufficient to establish constructive possession of contraband found in the location occu…
25A229 Allen Michael Sherrill v. Michigan Michigan 2025-08-27 Presumed Complete causation criminal-homicide due-process intent involuntary-manslaughter sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the defendant's conviction for involuntary manslaughter violated due process when the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable d…
24-7145 Jeffery Day Rieber v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-06 Denied IFP capital-sentencing ineffective-assistance intent intoxication jury-trial sixth-amendment Did trial counsel render ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to pursue a theory of lack of intent due to intoxication and by not developing m…
24-7032 Miguel Angel Vargas Velez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting common-law criminal-offense drug-conspiracy intent statutory-interpretation Whether it was possible for Petitioner to be convicted of aiding and abetting a drug conspiracy in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2 when…
24A453 Elden Don Brannan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-05 Presumed Complete ATF-regulation destructive-device explosive-device fireworks intent pipe-bomb Whether a homemade pipe device with firework components constitutes a 'destructive device' under § 5845(f) when its intended purpose and potential har…
24-5752 Norman Thurber v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-11 Denied IFP criminal-responsibility federal-criminal-law intent mens-rea scienter statutory-interpretation Whether there is a mens rea requirement for Scienter in 18 U.S.C. Section 2251
24-5240 Bradley Dale Hull v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied IFP federal-rules-of-evidence intent intent-element lower-court-decisions other-act-evidence prejudice probative-value rule-403 rule-404(b) rule-404b unfair-prejudice whether-other-act-evidence-under-rule-404(b)-is-substantially-outweighed-by-unfair-prejudice-under-rule-403
23-7654 Tildren Sherron Hunter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-standard criminal-evidence criminal-law drug-crimes evidence fourth-circuit-review intent intent-to-distribute jury-verdict methamphetamine-possession standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fourth Circuit improperly upheld Mr. Hunter's conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
23-7247 Calvin Fair v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech intent mental-state political-speech recklessness standing true-threat When the state prosecutes core political speech as a true threat, must the state prove the speaker's intent to terrorize, or is a recklessness standar…
23-6652 Don Meeker v. United States Second Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting carjacking criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-statutes intent rosemond-standard rosemond-v-us Insufficient-evidence-for-carjacking-conviction
23-6481 Ashley Nichole Kolhoff v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-12 Denied IFP child-pornography constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-law due-process fair-trial intent lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation Did the courts below impermissibly expand the scope of the federal child pornography statutes in contravention of this Court's precedents and the plai…
23-6271 Tyrone Maddox v. Illinois Illinois 2023-12-15 Denied IFP criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent intent-element judicial-discretion narcotics-charge prejudice prejudicial-evidence prior-conviction prior-convictions probative-value Whether the trial court erred in admitting Tyrone Maddox's 20-year-old prior conviction for delivery of narcotics on the issue of intent, where the pr…
23-6000 Tyler Catlin Borg v. California California 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-due-process criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder intent jury-instructions lying-in-wait murder-intent Questions Presented
23-5907 Brian Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-law federal-statute fifth-circuit-interpretation force-and-violence intent intent-requirement serious-harm-or-kill taking-a-vehicle vehicle-theft Does a conviction for carjacking by 'force and violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 2119 require that the force and violence be employed, with the requisite in…
23-5362 Jerry Lee Beale, Jr. v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder civil-rights criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-testimony intent jury-instructions officer-testimony trial-procedure Whether the indictment was defective for failure to allege what act Beale committed in furtherance of his attempt to kill the officers
22-7204 Eriston Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-conflict conspiracy conspiracy-charges evidence-admissibility extrinsic-evidence intent intent-standard not-guilty rule-404(b) rule-404b Whether the Fifth Circuit's per se rule that extrinsic evidence of acts similar to the charged offense is automatically relevant to 'intent' and thus …
22-6920 Ogerta Helena Hartwein v. Missouri Missouri 2023-03-03 Denied IFP civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure custody domestic-violence due-process forfeiture forfeiture-by-wrongdoing intent witness-testimony Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the conviction of the defendant for violating a court order when the defendant had not seen and was no…
22-6653 Jayson Montgomery v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-27 Denied IFP anti-kickback-statute circuit-split controlled-substances-act criminal-law due-process healthcare-fraud intent ruan-v-united-states subjective-intent Does the government need to prove subjective intent for anti-kickback statute violations?
22-700 Mark Howerton v. Texas Texas 2023-01-26 Denied criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment intent judicial-discretion mistrial oregon-v-kennedy prosecutorial-misconduct Should the Court's holding in Oregon v. Kennedy be extended to prohibit a wider range of prosecutorial intent?
22-660 Trevor Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2023-01-18 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Relisted (2) affirmative-defense burden-shifting employment-law intent personnel-action retaliation retaliatory-intent sarbanes-oxley whistleblower whistleblower-protection Under the burden-shifting framework that governs Sarbanes-Oxley cases, must a whistleblower prove his employer acted with a 'retaliatory intent' as pa…
22-646 Sergey Pustelnik, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response Waived artificiality fraud intent legal-standard market-manipulation scienter securities-exchange-act securities-fraud securities-regulation Whether scienter alone may satisfy the traditionally separate artificiality requirement to establish market manipulation?
22-6503 Patrick Emeka Ifediba v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment intent medical-intent medical-practice sentencing sixth-amendment Was Petitioner denied his rights under Ruan v. United States
22-497 Jasper Robin Chen v. Texas Texas 2022-11-28 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived communications criminal-law criminal-statute electronic-communication first-amendment free-speech harassment-law intent overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine Is a law that criminalizes expressive speech immunized from any First Amendment scrutiny if it also criminalizes non-expressive conduct?
21-7055 Eugene Willis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP brandishing carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-intent due-process-rights firearm ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intent judgment-of-acquittal jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Whether an attorney was ineffective for failing to argue the government failed to prove intent under 18 U.S.C. § 2119(a)
21-6986 John Atlas, Jr. v. Patrick Covello, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-street-gang criminal-threats due-process ineffective-assistance intent life-sentence mental-state mental-state-defense schizophrenia trial-counsel Whether Petitioner John Atlas, Jr. stated a prima facie case of ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
21-5853 Noah Gaston v. Maine Maine 2021-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-culpability due-process fourteenth-amendment general-intent intent mens-rea murder murder-statute specific-intent Does Maine's murder statute violate the Fourteenth Amendment because it does not require the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Noah Gaston…
21-5551 Floyd Flugence v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process intent jury-evidence louisiana second-degree-murder specific-intent sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the finding of guilt in accordance with La. B.S. 14:30.1 (Second Degree Murder) where there was no spec…
21-5105 Cedric Antonio Wright v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-harm carjacking criminal-intent criminal-law driver-cooperation intent intent-interpretation mens-rea statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the Court correctly ruled in Holloway v. United States that a carjacker's intent to seriously harm or kill the driver can be conditioned on th…
20-8216 Justin Michael Wilson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation brandishing carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-intent due-process firearm firearm-possession intent prosecutorial-misconduct serious-bodily-injury witness-impeachment Whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction for carjacking and possession of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence when t…
20-7171 Luis Javier Correa-Figueroa, aka Barney, aka Gordo v. United States First Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure district-court-ruling evidence evidence-exclusion federal-property intent motion-for-acquittal procedural-error self-defense use-of-force Whether the district court committed a procedural error in excluding evidence
20-7122 Adam Lloyd Cooper v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea rosemond-v-united-states Whether Sec. 924(c) contains a specific mens rea requirement
20-7062 Alfred L. Cross v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea indictment-defect intent intent-to-defraud jurisdiction materiality materiality-element plea-bargaining Whether the Decision below squarely conflicts with McCarthy v. United States and Neder v. United States, where Mr. Cross Held a Constitutional Right t…
20-7055 Bernard F. Verrett v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense defense-expert due-process expert-witness fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intent intent-element sixth-amendment strickland-standard Whether Strickland requires counsel to procure an adequate defense expert to negate or mitigate the intent element of the crime when that was the only…
20-7020 Richie Wheeler v. United States Third Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury criminal-law criminal-statute deadly-weapon intent jury-finding law-enforcement reckless-driving sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether intent to cause bodily injury is required for 18 U.S.C. §111(b) violation
20-6660 Shusta Traverse Gumbs v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure deadly-weapon intent jury-instruction jury-instructions lesser-included-offense united-states-v-feola Whether the district court erred in giving only the first sentence of Mr. Gumbs' request to charge on use of a deadly weapon in light of the Circuit s…
20-824 Edward F. Taupier v. Connecticut Connecticut 2020-12-17 Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-prosecution due-process first-amendment free-speech free-speech-protection intent intent-standard reckless-speech recklessness true-threats virginia-v-black Whether the First Amendment prohibits a State from criminalizing threats to commit violence communicated in reckless disregard of the risk of placing …
20-690 Michael Sang Han v. United States District of Columbia 2020-11-18 Denied circuit-split income income-classification intent intent-analysis internal-revenue-code james-v-united-states loan loan-proceeds tax-law May a court consider factors other than the parties' intent in determining whether a transfer of funds constitutes a non-taxable loan under the Intern…
20-6296 David Lague v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent prior-acts rule-404(b) rule-404b statistical-comparison statistics unlawful-acts unlawful-intent Whether data about a defendant's other acts are admissible under Rule 404(b) to show unlawful intent based only on comparisons or statistics, without …
20-445 Matthew Anderson v. John Bonnewell, et al. Delaware 2020-10-07 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights correctional-officers due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force intent prison-conditions qualified-immunity summary-judgment Whether a trial court can disregard the Whitley-factors in an Eighth-Amendment-excessive-force case
20-368 Eric Christopher Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment appellate-counsel constructive-possession contraband due-process fifth-amendment intent physical-evidence presentence-report residence Does constructive possession violate due process?
20-5597 Rory Swenson v. Illinois Illinois 2020-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law first-amendment free-speech intent intent-standard listener-perception speech-protection true-threat true-threats virginia-v-black Whether speech that does not contain any expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence may be criminalized as a 'true threat' unprotec…
20-5588 Joshua Wallace v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary circuit-split criminal-intent duenas-alvarez facial-overbreadth generic-burglary generic-definition intent statutory-interpretation Where a state statute explicitly defines 'burglary' in a way that does not require proof of an intent to commit a crime, and thus lacks an element nec…
20-5328 Jeffrey Paul Giblin v. Washington Washington 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-rules eyewitness-testimony intent intent-standard lay-opinion-testimony Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection guarantees were satisfied for a defendant accused of a crime involving intent, whe…
19-8517 Edward F. Novotny, III v. Plexus Corporation, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy civil-procedure claim-litigation debtor-disclosure disclosure estoppel intent intent-standard judicial-estoppel judicial-presumption third-party Whether a debtor who has inadvertently failed to disclose the existence of a potential claim in a bankruptcy petition should be estopped from litigati…
19-7731 Michael Herrold v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary controlled-substance controlled-substances drug-distribution generic-burglary generic-definition intent intent-element overbreadth state-statute statutory-interpretation Where a state statute explicitly defines 'burglary' in a way that does not require proof of an intent to commit a crime, and thus lacks an element nec…
19-7569 Stanley Noel Ames v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery carter-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law-procedure federal-bank-robbery force-clause general-intent intent sentencing-standard specific-intent Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that federal bank robbery is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
19-7138 Michael Blankenship v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP clean-water-act criminal-procedure environmental-law evidence evidence-admissibility eyewitness-testimony fecal-coliform intent prejudice rule-404(b) rule-404b witness-testimony Whether a chart showing consistently high fecal coliform levels in a creek was relevant to show other potential sources of odors testified to by witne…
19-826 The Estate of Swannie Her, et al. v. Craig Hoeppner, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights culpable-intent due-process fourteenth-amendment intent liability life-liberty-property reasonable-protection state-created-danger Whether the state-created danger doctrine provides a due process claim
19-7113 Raynard Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) bank-robbery categorical-analysis crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law intent sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether bank robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence'
19-7079 Bryan Mark Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause intent intentional-force statutory-interpretation Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) …
19-7067 Michael Baird Jordan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation physical-force specific-intent statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
19-7011 Carl Golden v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea intent knowledge-of-elements mens-rea plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states Does the Constitution require that the accused know the elements of a crime in order to validly plead guilty?
19-783 Nathan Van Buren v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Judgment Issued Amici (22)Relisted (2) circuit-split computer-fraud computer-fraud-and-abuse-act cybercrime data-protection improper-purpose intent standing statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access Whether a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain purposes violates Section 1030(a)(2) of the Computer Fraud and Abus…
19-6979 Joassaint Josiah Aristil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking categorical-approach criminal-law federal-statute force intent intimidation physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119 requires an element of 'the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the pe…
19-6354 Brent Delvalen Blake v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-statute elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intent physical-force vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 9…
19-6341 Charles Raymond Stagner v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process evidence-admissibility fifth-amendment intent methamphetamine-possession sentencing sentencing-reduction sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fifth Amendment Guarantees the Petitioner the Right to a Judgment of Acquittal If the Government Fails to Prove the Petitioner Intended to…
19-388 Mimi Korman v. Julio Iglesias Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied where a district court dismisses the action on th civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment intent judicial-estoppel pleading-stage pleadings property-rights standing takings Is a civil plaintiff deprived of property without due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment where a district court dismisses the action on …
19-5753 Trayone Lefferio Bell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1029 constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-law-mens-rea criminal-procedure due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states intent jury-instructions knowingly knowledge mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation To satisfy the 'knowingly' and with 'intent' in 18 U.S.C. § 1029(A)(3), do Courts have to prove precise 'mens rea' as set forth in Rehaif v. United St…
19-5489 Azibo Aquart v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied IFP criminal-intent criminal-law enterprise enterprise-protection intent position racketeering racketeering-statute second-circuit-interpretation statutory-construction vicar-statute violent-crimes violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering Whether a defendant acts for the purpose of maintaining or increasing his position in an enterprise under the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering st…
19-5404 Steven Hoff v. California California 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-first-degree-murder due-process due-process-clause evidence-code general-intent intent jury-instructions mistake-or-accident premeditation uncharged-misconduct uncharged-offense Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when a jury is instructed to consider evidence of an uncharged, general intent offense in determining guilt…
19-5344 Felix Adriano Chujoy, aka Felix Chujoy Alvarado v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP corrupt-intent criminal-procedure false-testimony grand-jury human-trafficking immigration-violations intent plea-bargain plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation witness-tampering witness-tampering-18-usc-1512(b)(1) Witness-tampering
18-1589 James Doyle Collins, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2019-06-27 Denied contraband contraband-possession criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-possession criminal-procedure destruction-of-evidence due-process evidence evidence-destruction intent intentional-possession mens-rea possession possession-law statutory-interpretation Whether the act of deleting or destroying contraband evidences a lack of knowing or intentional possession
18-9746 Marion Wilson, Jr. v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Georgia 2019-06-20 Denied IFP capital-case criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial intent jury-instructions prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct standing Are due process and the Eighth Amendment violated when a prosecutor knowingly argues falsehoods about the defendant's culpable acts in order to incite…
18-9301 Skip Earnest Ralph Lomax v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-enhancement criminal-law felon-possession firearms firearms-trafficking intent knowledge mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-use Did the court below err in finding that the firearms-trafficking enhancement applied when Mr. Lomax did not know that the confidential informant purch…
18-8999 Mark Richard Hillstrom v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-threat due-process elonis-standard elonis-v-united-states grand-jury harmless-error indictment intent mens-rea mental-state statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove a defendant knowingly intends his communications to be a threat
18-8601 Tommy Nelson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-guidelines firearm-enhancement intent robbery security-guard sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-gordon united-states-v-hill weapon-discharge Whether the 7-level sentencing enhancement for the discharge of a weapon applies when the defendant never intended the weapon to discharge
18-8533 Lance Williams v. California California 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility habeas-corpus ineffective-appellate-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficiency-of-evidence intent invalid-illegal-strike perjury police-report prejudicial-1101(b)-evidence pro-se prosecutor-coercion prosecutorial-misconduct uncharged-act witness-credibility witness-description Whether the state courts erred in denying appeal on prejudicial 1101(B) evidence on uncharged act used to prove intent where the police report differs…
18-8313 John Allen Newton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) carjacking crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Is federal carjacking by intimidation not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) because the offense fails to requi…
18-1130 David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6)
18-8001 William Fykes v. West Virginia West Virginia 2019-02-15 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights credibility criminal-procedure due-process intent jury-instructions post-arrest-silence prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination Whether Petitioner's rights under the due process of law were violated where the trial Court committed reversible error by refusing to provide jurors …
18-7883 Daniel Arthur Carter v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause force-clause general-intent intent intimidation retroactivity sentencing Whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)
18-7233 Hosea Latron Swopes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act assault circuit-split intent physical-force statutory-interpretation threat violent-felony weapon-exhibition Whether a statute prohibiting an angry exhibition of a weapon in the presence of another without requiring that the perpetrator direct or intend to di…
18-6801 Van McDuffy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP accidental-killing bank-robbery criminal-law criminal-statute felony-murder intent mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation What intent, if any, beyond the intent to commit bank robbery, is required to sustain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e), which imposes a mandator…
18-651 Jason Craig Montgomery v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied 18-usc-2422b attempt coerce criminal-attempt entice induce intent interstate-communication interstate-communications minor minor-solicitation persuade sexual-activity statutory-interpretation substantial-step telecommunications-act Does a defendant attempt to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a minor, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b), where the defendant communicates so…
18-6679 Donate Graham v. Illinois Illinois 2018-11-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture forfeiture-by-wrongdoing forfeiture-doctrine giles-v-california intent witness-procurement Whether the forfeiture-by-wrongdoing exception to the Confrontation Clause encompasses acts of wrongful witness procurement done by alleged co-conspir…
18-6545 Frankie Calanche Lopez v. California California 2018-11-02 Denied IFP appeal criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process intent intent-element mens-rea opportunistic-crime robbery robbery-intent statutory-interpretation Whether the defendant's intent to commit robbery matters
18-6497 Dexter Watson v. Raymond Byrd, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing factual-disputes intent reversible-error Did the court reasonably infer petitioner's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?
18-6058 Donald Lee Reeves, III v. California California 2018-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fair-trial felony-murder insufficient-evidence intent robbery special-circumstance Whether petitioner's due process right to a fair trial was violated
18-5915 Michael Hill v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempt categorical-approach illinois intent statutory-interpretation substantial-step use-of-force violent-felony Whether attempt to commit a violent felony is itself a violent felony
18-5904 Donavan Cross v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constructive-delivery constructive-possession controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-delivery due-process intent sentencing sentencing-guidelines testimonial-evidence Whether a statute that criminalizes a constructive delivery of drugs without bona fide intent to transfer possession is a felony 'controlled substance…
18-271 Zachary N. Trost, et ux. v. Sherry Trost Sixth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge burden-of-proof discharge intent intent-standard kawaauhau-v-geiger non-dischargeable-debt restatement-of-torts wrongful-act wrongful-conduct What evidence is required to show that a wrongdoer intended the consequences of a wrongful act, rather than just the act itself, for a debt to be cons…
18-5686 Dwight Mundle v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-875-c awareness-of-threat criminal-intent criminal-law due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency intent jury prejudicial-effect prior-conduct statutory-interpretation threatening-communication uncharged-conduct witness-testimony Was there enough or even any evidence to prove the conviction of transmitting a threatening communication, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875 (c)
18-5314 Shannon Dale Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing criminal-statute firearm firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) criminalize the defendant's subjective intent or the firearm's objective potential?
18-5251 Sarjo Dambelly v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure deliberate-avoidance global-tech intent jury-instructions knowledge-standard mens-rea second-circuit willful-blindness Whether, in light of Global-Tech, the Second Circuit errs by holding, contrary to at least six other circuits, that willful blindness in a criminal ca…
18-5238 Hassanh Bey Wright, aka Hassanh Bay Wright v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-history criminal-law culpable-negligence force-clause intent mens-rea residual-clause sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Whether a crime with a mens rea of culpable negligence meets the definition of a 'crime of violence' under either the force clause or the residual cla…
18-5164 George Adrien Brooks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-2422(b) attempted-inducement circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law intent intent-requirement mens-rea minor minor-protection minors sexual-abuse sexual-activity sexual-inducement statutory-interpretation Whether the required intent for attempted inducement under § 2422(b) is the intent to cause a minor to engage in sexual activity (as the Eleventh Circ…