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 …