judicial-sentencing

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6791 Thomas Eugene Creech v. Idaho Idaho 2024-02-21 Denied IFP capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment evolving-standards judicial-sentencing post-conviction state-court Whether it comports with due process for a state court to reject as untimely an evolving-standards claim on a theory that would never allow for such a…
19-7215 Jerry Jabbari Rhodes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied IFP acquittal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-sentencing jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment watts-decision Is it reasonable and constitutional to sentence a defendant on facts for which a jury found the same defendant not guilty?
18-7353 Nathaniel Jackson v. Ohio Ohio 2019-01-10 Denied IFP capital-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment judge-sentencing judicial-sentencing jury-recommendation jury-sentencing jury-trial sixth-amendment spaziano-v-florida Is Ohio's death penalty scheme unconstitutional under Hurst v. Florida?
18-6532 Austin Myers v. Ohio Ohio 2018-11-01 Denied IFP capital-punishment death-penalty death-penalty-statute eighth-amendment judge-sentencing judicial-sentencing jury-trial jury-verdict sixth-amendment spaziano-v-florida Did Hurst v. Florida render Ohio's death penalty scheme unconstitutional?
18-5892 Andre Jackson v. Ohio Ohio 2018-09-06 Denied IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment judge-sentencing judicial-sentencing jury-recommendation jury-sentencing jury-trial sixth-amendment Is Ohio's death penalty scheme unconstitutional under Hurst v. Florida?