pecuniary-gain
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-7605 | Cody James Martinez v. Arizona | Arizona | 2021-03-31 | Denied | IFP | capital-defendant capital-trial cumulative-error due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pecuniary-gain right-to-counsel statutory-aggravator strickland-standard trial-counsel | Whether trial counsel's complete abdication of responsibilities by meeting with a capital defendant for only 1:08 total in 2-4 years preceding trial c… |
| 19-6176 | Christopher Harris v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-10-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law due-process evidence murder pecuniary-gain rico rico-enterprise sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation vcar vcar-offense | Should a Writ of Certiorari Issue Because the Sixth Circuit Ignored the Uncontroverted Evidence and its own Analysis of the VCAR Motives to Conclude t… |
| 19-5664 | Curtis Lee Sheppard, Jr. v. Texas | Texas | 2019-08-23 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appeals appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-motivation criminal-procedure Does the application of the 'enterprise profits' t double-jeopardy due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction pecuniary-gain rico-enterprise standing standing-issue statutory-interpretation vcar-statute | Whether the trial court lacked the authority to set aside the conviction and dismiss the cause |
| 19-5663 | Clifford L. Robinson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-08-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | enterprise-profits federal-jurisdiction motive motive-element pecuniary-gain racketeering state-murder vcar-statute | Does the application of the 'enterprise profits' theory stretch the application of the VCAR statute far beyond what Congress intended and federalize a… |