manslaughter

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5563 Joseph Lee Smith v. Louisiana Louisiana 2025-09-05 Denied IFP constitutional-review manslaughter post-trial-motions sentencing specific-intent writ-application Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in denying petitioner's writ application on direct appeal regarding specific intent for manslaughter, whethe…
22-7346 John G. Calhoun v. Florida Florida 2023-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process estelle-v-mcguire habeas-corpus jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-precedent lisenba-v-california manslaughter trial-fairness Whether the inaccurate jury instruction on Manslaughter by Act so infused the trial with unfairness as to deny the Petitioner's right to Due Process o…
22-5332 Jerome Mellion v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection manslaughter pro-se state-court-decisions state-supreme-court Did the Louisiana state supreme court violate the federal U.S. 14th amendment to the federal constitution 'equal protection' of law guarantees
21-6974 Alfredo Gonzalez v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Connecticut 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP accessory-liability burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-enhancement firearms jury-determination manslaughter sentencing Does Connecticut's statutory scheme of accessory to manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm violate Due Process?
20-7963 Lugene L. Scott v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felonious-assault fifth-amendment manslaughter sentencing time-served Is the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution violated when a defendant is denied credit for time served when…
20-491 Sandy Perez Hernandez v. Texas Texas 2020-10-15 Denied capital-murder criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manslaughter texas-law Does the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause bar conviction for intentional injury to a child following acquittal for capital murder, but convict…
19-6923 Adrian Alaniz v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-violation due-process harmless-error hearsay hearsay-evidence justifiable-homicide manslaughter prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment self-defense standard-of-review Whether the conceded admission of gang hearsay evidence in violation of the Confrontation Clause was prejudicial
19-6621 Jaquan Walters v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit criminal-law deadly-force due-process federal-common-law imperfect-self-defense manslaughter murder murder-mitigation self-defense unreasonable-belief voluntary-manslaughter Does 'imperfect self-defense' exist as a partial defense to murder at federal common law?
18-7904 Spassky Alcequiecz v. Kelly A. Ryan, Warden First Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manslaughter manslaughter-instruction sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial, due to ineffective assistance of counsel
18-7906 Johnny Flores v. Texas Texas 2019-02-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process lesser-included-offense manslaughter prosecutorial-vindictiveness retaliation Whether the Due Process Clause of the Constitution entitles the petitioner to the lesser included offense of Manslaughter
18-361 Lael J. Alleyne v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-09-19 Denied appeal appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process imperfect-self-defense jury-instructions manslaughter self-defense supreme-court-pennsylvania trial-court-error voluntary-manslaughter Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying a Petition for Allowance of Appeal despite the trial court's improper exclusion of voluntar…
18-5700 Jerry Docaj v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-instructions manslaughter miranda-rights passion-provocation sixth-amendment Whether the jury instruction on passion/provocation manslaughter misstated the law
18-5355 Del Ray Sanders v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP accidental-death criminal-procedure criminally-negligent-homicide due-process homicide-charges jury-instructions lesser-included-offense lesser-included-offenses manslaughter standard-of-review texas-penal-code trial-court-discretion unreasonable-application-of-federal-law Whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's request for jury instructions on the lesser-included offenses of manslaughter and criminally …