post-trial-confession

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-8567 Rohan McDermott v. J. Soto, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process evidentiary-exclusion felony-murder habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief post-trial-confession standard-of-review Under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2), a state habeas petitioner is entitled to a certificate of appealability ("COA") when he raises a "debatable" issue. Buck…
18-36 Gregory Brice v. United States District of Columbia 2018-07-06 Denied alternate-suspect brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence motive motive-evidence new-trial post-trial-confession suppressed-evidence Petitioner was convicted of murder based on conflicting eyewitness testimony. The government's witnesses put petitioner at the scene of the crime. Pet…