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24-5916 Javance Mickey Wilson v. California California 2024-11-05 Denied IFP capital-sentencing constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure death-penalty jury-findings reasonable-doubt Does California's capital-sentencing scheme violate the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments by failing to require jury factual findings for death …
23-7144 Dricko Dashon Huskey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conspiracy criminal-enterprise due-process jury-finding jury-findings racketeering racketeering-activity rico-act rico-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a district court can sentence a defendant to life imprisonment for a RICO conspiracy conviction when the jury found the defendant did not agre…
23-5031 Marc Anthony Hill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP advance-knowledge apprendi-precedent circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements fifth-amendment four-corner-rule jury-findings sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Is Apprendi v. New Jersey still good law?
22-6879 Bobby O. Williams v. Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District Illinois 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravating-factors due-process fair-warning judicial-expansion jury-determination jury-findings retroactivity sentencing-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the court's resolution represents an unforeseeable and retroactive judicial expansion of narrow and precise statutory language that denied pet…
20-8327 Roberto Barrio v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP cocaine-types covered-offense first-step-act jury-findings statutory-maximums statutory-minimums Whether the single count (Count One) involving two types of cocaine, one powder and one base, as found by a jury triggers the 'covered offense' requir…
20-7903 Jerry W. Green, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy-objective criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-finding jury-findings predicate-acts RICO-conspiracy Whether sufficient evidence exists to sustain a RICO conspiracy conviction when the Government charges specific predicate acts in the indictment, the …
20-7732 Tina LaSonya Brown v. Florida Florida 2021-04-13 Denied IFP aggravating-factors appellate-review capital-sentencing constitutional-procedure death-penalty due-process ex-post-facto jury-finding jury-findings sixth-amendment Whether the Florida Supreme Court's procedure for imposing a death sentence violates the Sixth, Eighth, or Fourteenth Amendments
20-1216 Faysal Khalaf v. Ford Motor Company, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia jury-findings seventh-amendment sixth-amendment Whether the standard under the Sixth Amendment, as established by the Court in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), should apply in civil cases u…
20-1062 Chad Bennett v. Washington Washington 2021-02-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment aggravating-factors constitutional-challenge due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-finding jury-findings sentencing-guidelines vagueness Whether defendants may challenge aggravating factors as vague under the Due Process Clause
20-952 Construction Cost Data, L.L.C., et al. v. The Gordian Group, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied business-disparagement defamation false-statements first-amendment jury-findings noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine reckless-disregard state-law-liability Whether the Noerr-Pennington doctrine has been improperly expanded beyond its First-Amendment-protections to insulate knowingly-false-statements
20-5883 Kyle Patrick Comrie v. California California 2020-10-01 Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder jury-findings jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sandstrom sufficiency-of-evidence Did the trial court permit prejudicial error by allowing the jury to find first-degree murder without specific findings of fact on each required eleme…
20-5734 Alfred Flores, III v. California California 2020-09-17 Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-requirements criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process jury-findings jury-trial reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona sentencing whether-california's-death-penalty-scheme-violates-the-constitutional-requirement-that-any-fact-that-increases-the-penalty-for-a-crime-must-be-found-b…
19-8876 Solomon Jalloh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-rule common-law common-law-tradition criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing jury-findings loss-calculation restitution sentencing Whether under Apprendi, the maximum restitution that can be imposed without additional jury findings as to any amount of loss is zero, consistent with…
19-6616 Alberino Magi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-procedure criminal-fines criminal-penalty criminal-restitution due-process jury-finding jury-findings jury-trial sentencing southern-union southern-union-v-united-states Should the rule of Apprendi apply to the imposition of criminal restitution?
19-109 Giovanni Montijo-Dominguez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Amici (2) 18-usc-3553 circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking fact-finding judicial-discretion jury-findings jury-verdict mandatory-minimum preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-discretion standard-of-proof Whether a district court's findings of fact under 18 U.S.C. 3553(f) are constrained by the findings of fact implied by the jury's verdict
18-1508 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Apple Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied claim-construction de-novo-review due-process JMOL jury-fact-finding jury-fact-findings jury-findings jury-trial patent-infringement procedural-due-process remand seventh-amendment standard-of-review teva-v-sandoz Whether the Federal Circuit can construe a claim limitation de novo, disregarding the jury's implicit fact findings on the plain and ordinary meaning …
18-9252 Kevin Foster v. Florida Florida 2019-05-15 Denied IFP capital-murder capital-punishment death-penalty death-sentence due-process eighth-amendment first-degree-murder jury-findings jury-unanimity reasonable-doubt unanimous-verdict Whether Mr. Foster's death sentence is unconstitutional because it violates the Eighth Amendment and the Due Process Clause
18-8938 Elza Budagova v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied IFP apprendi apprendi-rule constitutional-procedure criminal-fines criminal-restitution judicial-discretion jury-findings sentencing sentencing-exposure southern-union-co Should Apprendi's rule apply to the imposition of criminal restitution?
18-8781 Kerri L. Kaley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-fines criminal-procedure criminal-restitution due-process jury-finding jury-findings jury-trial sentencing southern-union-co-v-united-states Should the rule of Apprendi apply to the imposition of criminal restitution?
18-7442 Kevin Underwood v. Mike Carpenter, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied IFP aggravating-circumstances apprendi-v-new-jersey beyond-reasonable-doubt capital-punishment capital-punishment-scheme capital-sentencing death-penalty due-process jury-findings jury-instructions mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit's decision conflicts with Apprendi v. New Jersey and Ring v. Arizona
18-898 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Barbara Jean Johnston, Personal Representative of Franklin James Johnston Florida 2019-01-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit engle-litigation florida-supreme-court issue-preclusion jury-findings legal-preclusion preclusion prior-proceeding res-judicata Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims without s…
18-897 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Marlene Nally, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph Nally, Sr., Deceased Florida 2019-01-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process engle jury-findings litigation-strategy preclusion preclusion-doctrine res-judicata standing tobacco Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims without s…
18-788 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Gwendolyn E. Odom, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Juanita Thurston Florida 2018-12-20 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process engle-progeny jury-findings legal-procedure litigation-strategy preclusion preclusion-principles res-judicata standing tobacco Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims without s…
18-6902 Scott Mansfield v. Florida Florida 2018-12-03 Denied IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure death-penalty death-sentence due-process fact-finding findings-of-fact jury-findings jury-instructions notice procedural-due-process sentencing unnoticed-defendant Whether a conviction and death sentence may stand where a jury made no specific findings of fact that subjected an unnoticed individual to conviction …
18-654 Philip Morris USA Inc., et al. v. Richard Boatright, et ux. Florida 2018-11-20 Denied civil-procedure claim-preclusion class-action due-process engle-progeny issue-preclusion jury-findings preclusion procedural-due-process Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims w…
18-653 Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Vickie McKeever, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Theodore McKeever Florida 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process jury-findings opportunity-to-be-heard preclusion preclusion-doctrine prior-proceeding res-judicata standing Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims w…
18-649 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Cheryl Searcy, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Carol LaSard Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied actually-decided civil-procedure claim-preclusion class-action constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit issue-preclusion jury-findings opportunity-to-be-heard preclusion Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims w…
18-621 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Mary Faricy Pardue, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John N. Faricy Florida 2018-11-14 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process engle issue-preclusion jury-findings preclusion preclusion-doctrine prior-jury-findings res-judicata tobacco Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits a plaintiff to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of her claims without sh…
18-552 Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Mary Brown, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rayfield Brown Florida 2018-10-26 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process engle-progeny findings jury jury-findings legal-precedent preclusion prior-proceeding standing tobacco Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule of preclusion that permits plaintiffs to invoke the preclusive effect of a prior jury's findings …
18-551 Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Elaine Jordan Florida 2018-10-26 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure class-action constitutional-law due-process engle-progeny findings issue-preclusion jury jury-findings legal-precedent preclusion prior-proceeding tobacco Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule of preclusion that permits plaintiffs to invoke the preclusive effect of a prior jury's findings …
18-5948 Patrick Henry Murphy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied IFP conspiracy criminal-conspiracy death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing eighth-amendment enmund-v-florida-tison-v-arizona felony felony-murder jury-findings sentencing-requirements sixth-amendment Does the Sixth or Eighth Amendment require that before a party may be sentenced to death as a conspirator (rather than a trigger-person), the jury mus…
18-5663 Curtis Lee Dale v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing,mandatory-minimum,ju drug-quantity due-process eighth-circuit-error fourth-amendment,search-and-seizure,drug-sniffing- fourth-amendment,search-and-seizure,reasonable-exp jury-findings jury-rejection mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement Did the U.S. Court of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit err when it increased the Defendant's mandatory minimum sentence on the basis of a drug quantity …