| 23-5767 |
Fidel Flores v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
complainant-credibility credibility-determination expert-testimony harmless-error lay-testimony sixth-amendment strickland-prejudice strickland-standard |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in its review of Petitioner's Sixth Amendment claim and its evaluation of Strickland prejudice when it determined that repea… |
| 22-7747 |
Samuel Wilson, III v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure drug-slang evidence expert-testimony law-enforcement lay-testimony lay-witness |
Whether a law enforcement agent who is not designated as an expert can testify as a lay witness about drug slang, jargon or code in conversations to w… |
| 22-382 |
Yolanda Hamilton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
claims-extrapolation criminal-liability expert-testimony extrapolation lay-testimony medical-necessity medicare-fraud |
Whether a physician can be criminally liable for Medicare fraud when the Government fails to produce medical expert testimony and instead relies solel… |
| 19-6819 |
Frankie Ovies v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cell-phone-evidence cell-phones circuit-split criminal-procedure digital-evidence digital-forensics expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence forensic-technology lay-testimony |
Whether using Cellebrite technology to download forensic digital evidence from a cell phone requires specialized or technical knowledge so that the ev… |
| 19-5335 |
Patrick Brunette v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure disability-rating due-process effective-date lay-testimony material-evidence medical-evidence medical-records prescribed-bedrest reconsideration reopening-claims service-connected-disabilities veterans-affairs veterans-affairs-regulations veterans-claims |
Whether the VA incorrectly discharged its responsibilities under 38-C.F.R.-Section-3.156(c) |
| 18-8600 |
Tony McLeod v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cell-phones circuit-split criminal-evidence digital-forensics expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence fourth-amendment internet-anonymity lay-testimony mens-rea rule-702 sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether Cellebrite forensic data requires expert testimony |
| 18-7010 |
Jermaine Mitchell v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause expert-testimony expert-witness forensic-evidence lab-reports law-enforcement-testimony lay-testimony narcotics narcotics-testimony scientific-evidence sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence |
Whether law enforcement (lay) testimonies about the narcotics character of certain substances may be shined with the expert testimonial gloss of unpro… |
| 18-5747 |
Javier Amador-Flores v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-law expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence law-enforcement lay-opinion lay-opinion-testimony lay-testimony specialized-knowledge witness-testimony |
When a law-enforcement agent expressly compares the events in a case to what is typical in other cases he has investigated, is his opinion based on 's… |