propensity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-839 Daniel Greer v. Connecticut Connecticut 2023-03-03 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence jury-instructions propensity propensity-evidence sex-crimes sexual-misconduct Is the Due Process Clause violated when a jury is instructed that evidence of uncharged sexual misconduct is admissible to prove propensity, even thou…
21-7613 James Edward Williams v. Illinois Illinois 2022-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence hearsay hearsay-evidence jury-instructions prior-bad-acts propensity Whether the jury can be instructed to consider hearsay evidence and propensity evidence to commit murder despite prior rulings on hearsay and prior ba…
21-6463 William Martin Cresham v. California California 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process evidence evidence-law prior-acts propensity propensity-evidence Whether the admission of prior acts of domestic violence to establish the petitioner's propensity to commit such crimes violated his right to due proc…
20-7675 John G. Stroming v. United States Second Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-gender-differences child-molestation criminal-procedure criminal-propensity evidence evidence-admissibility evidentiary-rules federal-law prior-convictions propensity victim-characteristics Whether prior convictions for crimes of child molestation can be admitted into evidence where — because of differences in the age and gender of the vi…
18-9712 Noe Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-law criminal-procedure deliberate-ignorance due-process evidence evidence-404(b) evidence-rule-404b jury-instructions new-trial propensity propensity-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct What is the proper framework for determining whether a prosecutor's improper propensity-based arguments related to 404(b) evidence warrant a new trial…
18-6176 Michael Lucero v. California California 2018-10-02 Denied IFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment prior-acts propensity propensity-evidence Whether the admission of prior acts of domestic violence to establish the petitioner's propensity to commit such crimes violated his right to due proc…