natural-probable-consequences

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5154 Joel Jacobo Sanchez v. Brandon Kelly Ninth Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-murder aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intent-standard jury-instruction natural-probable-consequences post-conviction-relief Was petitioner's post-conviction counsel ineffective for not arguing that petitioner's trial counsel failed object to a 'natural and probable conseque…
20-8307 Lamar McKnight v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause cross-examination due-process evidence expert-testimony gang-enhancement gang-expert jury-instruction natural-probable-consequences right-to-confront testimonial-hearsay Should a COA have been granted to decide if the trial court's admission of the gang expert's testimonial hearsay deprived McKnight of his right to con…
19-1303 Earnest Cassell Woods, II v. California California 2020-05-20 Denied criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process mens-rea murder-conviction natural-probable-consequences resentencing retroactive retroactivity self-defense senate-bill-1437 sentencing statutory-interpretation Does Senate Bill 1437 added Section 1170.95 permit persons convicted of murder under the natural and probable consequences theory to petition for vaca…