lesser-offense
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-5200 | Augustine Rincon Medina v. California | California | 2023-07-26 | Denied | IFP | birks-rule constitutional-law criminal-charging criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions lesser-included-offense lesser-offense prosecutorial-discretion | Whether the rule announced in People v. Birks (1998) 19 Cal.4th 108, which permits a prosecutor to veto a defendant's request for an instruction on a … |
| 22-5269 | Juan M. Cuellar v. Illinois | Illinois | 2022-08-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus lesser-offense newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction sentencing | Whether an actual innocence claim applies to a lesser offense? |
| 21-8152 | Filiberto Chavez, aka Big Boy, aka Freeway Beto v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion lesser-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum | Can a sentencing court use the elements of a lesser offense to increase a defendant's sentence in a different, legally unrelated, offense beyond the o… |
| 19-605 | Arizona v. Philip John Martin | Arizona | 2019-11-12 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | appeal criminal-appeal double-jeopardy first-degree-murder greater-offense hung-jury hung-jury-rule jury-instructions jury-verdict lesser-offense richardson-v-united-states second-degree-murder | When a jury expressly states it is 'unable to agree' on a defendant's guilt for a greater offense and convicts the defendant of a lesser offense, and … |