| 23-6369 |
Joseph R. Cyr v. Steven Harpe, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
burden-of-proof conclusive-presumption criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions malice-aforethought sandstrom-standard sandstrom-v-montana |
Whether the trial court's jury charge violated the defendant's due process rights by creating an impermissible conclusive presumption that relieved th… |
| 21-7267 |
William Roy Thietje v. Ken Clark, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process harmless-error intervening-cause jury-instructions malice malice-aforethought provocative-act-murder sixth-amendment |
Due-process,jury-instructions,provocative-act-murder,intervening-cause,malice,harmless-error |
| 20-6710 |
Marlon Iron Crow v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1 criminal-law criminal-statute jury-instruction jury-instructions malice-aforethought mens-rea second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 'reckless' mens rea should be included in the jury instruction for 'malice aforethought' for second degree murder under 18 U.S.C. § 1 |
| 19-5893 |
Melissa Pfeiffer v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
conscious-disregard-for-risk criminal-law felony-murder inherent-dangerousness inherently-dangerous inherently-dangerous-felony judicial-determination judicial-fact-finding jury-instructions malice-aforethought massachusetts-law presumption-of-malice sentencing |
Whether the judge or the jury decides the issue of intent in a second-degree felony murder case where the underlying felony is inherently dangerous as… |
| 18-6697 |
Kevin Marquette Bellinger v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction jury jury-instructions malice-aforethought mens-rea murder murder-conviction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether there was sufficient evidence presented to the jury in Bellinger's case to convict Bellinger of murder as alleged in Counts One and Two, where… |