mistake-of-fact
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-520 | Alan Howell Parrot v. United States | First Circuit | 2025-10-28 | Denied | Response Waived | assault-on-officer domicile-entry federal-statute jury-instruction law-enforcement mistake-of-fact | In an Assault on an Officer prosecution brought pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 111, is a mistake of fact jury instruction warranted by virtue of United State… |
| 22-5019 | Amber Renee Guyger v. Texas | Texas | 2022-07-01 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency mistake-of-fact self-defense | Under the legal sufficiency standard of Jackson v. Virginia, a court violates due process by concluding that self-defense and mistake-of-fact are mutu… |
| 20-5890 | Willie R. Benton, Jr. v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-10-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process mistake-of-fact relevant-conduct sentencing sixth-circuit | Is a criminal defendant denied Due Process of Law when the sentencing Court in a drug conspiracy case determines that a quantity of a substance should… |
| 19-163 | Margaret A. Norton v. Colgate Palmolive Company | New Jersey | 2019-08-06 | Denied | Relisted (2) | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-judgment due-process fairness judgement judicial-mistake legal-procedure mistake-of-fact precedent right-of-fairness standing supreme-court-precedent | Whether the New Jersey Supreme Court failed to apply Supreme Court Precedent, when an acknowledged mistake by the court resulted in an improper judgem… |
| 18-6832 | Keddron Rakee West v. Georgia | Georgia | 2018-11-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process indictment mens-rea mistake-of-fact statutory-interpretation statutory-rape | Is due process violated by not allowing Petitioner to rely upon the statutory enacted mistake of fact defense as his sole defense to an indictment for… |