prosecutorial-argument
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-5971 | Kevondric Fezia v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-11-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | closing-arguments confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay jury non-testifying-witness prosecutorial-argument sixth-amendment witness-testimony | Does the Confrontation Clause apply to statements made by a prosecutor during closing arguments that detail for the jury what a non-testifying witness… |
| 22-5137 | Clifford Raymond Salas v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-07-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process factual-errors plain-error prosecutorial-argument sentencing sentencing-variance tenth-circuit-review | Did the Tenth Circuit wrongly hold that the district court did not plainly err, where (a) the prosecutor argued that a factually untrue reason support… |
| 20-8363 | Outhdorm Ros v. California | California | 2021-06-21 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP | criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fifth-amendment miranda-rights prosecutorial-argument self-incrimination | Whether a suspect's silence after arrest but before Miranda warnings can be admitted and commented upon to prove guilt |
| 20-1754 | Lawrence Joey Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-06-16 | Denied | Response Waived | appellate-procedure burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions prosecutorial-argument prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt | Is it objectionable for a prosecutor to argue to the jury that a lack of evidence does not give rise to a reasonable doubt? |