| 23-953 |
Brandon Michael Council v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
circuit-split competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-death-penalty judicial-discretion mental-competence trial-competency |
Whether a trial court may deem a defendant competent based solely on the unexplained, unsupported opinion of a defense expert or defense counsel |
| 23A555 |
Brandon Michael Council v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
competency-hearing criminal-trial due-process ineffective-assistance mental-competence supreme-court-review |
Whether a trial court must independently determine a criminal defendant's competency to stand trial, even when defense counsel and an expert claim the… |
| 22-6189 |
Jessie Jackson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process fair-trial hypoglycemia medical-condition mental-competence |
Whether the onset of Diabetic Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in a criminal defendant constitutes incompetence and violates due process, when the defen… |
| 21-6693 |
Joey Rogers v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8)IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-capacity mental-competence plea-bargaining plea-coercion sentencing sixth-amendment |
Were the Due Process rights of Joey Rogers ignored? |
| 20-6767 |
Marlon Thomas v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process mental-competence pre-trial-evaluation right-to-counsel sentencing |
Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the trial court denied his request for a pre-trial competency evaluation despite eviden… |
| 19-6253 |
Adam Strege v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-10-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure delegation-of-authority due-process judicial-discretion law-enforcement-discretion mental-competence mental-disease mental-health reasonable-cause sentencing standing vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether 18 USCS 4246, 4248, 4241(d) are unconstitutionally vague for failing to define 'mental disease' and 'reasonable cause' |
| 18-7091 |
Steven Anthony Butler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment capital-sentencing competence competency-evaluation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation judicial-process judicial-review mental-competence mental-health mitigating-evidence procedural-fairness |
When must the Court exercise its supervisory power to assure the fairness of the judicial process? |