| 25-6221 |
Hugo Chavez Valdivias v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights jury-nullification jury-trial sentencing-consequences sixth-amendment verdict-power |
Does the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial guarantee a jury informed of its power to return a verdict against the law and the facts?
Does the Six… |
| 19-1447 |
Yehudi Manzano v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-07-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
18-usc-3731 circuit-split criminal-appeals-act criminal-procedure interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-basis jury-nullification mandamus writ-of-mandamus |
Whether the United States may seek a writ of mandamus in a criminal case to bring an interlocutory appeal that is not permitted by 18 U.S.C. § 3731 |
| 19-7021 |
Otis Hunter and Deshawn Evans v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
bias confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination jury-instructions jury-nullification mandatory-minimum nullification sentencing sixth-amendment witness-cooperation |
Whether the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause is violated |
| 18-200 |
Michigan v. Charles Damon Jones |
Michigan |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inconsistent-verdicts judicial-discretion jury-confusion jury-instructions jury-nullification jury-verdict jury-verdicts legal-standard new-trial sufficiency-of-evidence trial-procedure verdict-inconsistency |
Whether the Michigan Court of Appeals erred in granting a new trial based on an inconsistent jury verdict, even though irreconcilable jury verdicts ar… |