reversal
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-5975 | Caesar Mark Capistrano v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-11-08 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-court civil-rights due-process judicial-interpretation jury-instruction mens-rea prosecutorial-discretion reversal statutory-construction supreme-court-precedent | 1. Are inferior courts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in particular, allowed unrestricted and unrestrained freedom to interpret the clear and une… |
| 23-5538 | Noel Brown v. Ken Hollibaugh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset | Pennsylvania | 2023-09-07 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-rights constitutional-doctrine dismissal due-process habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief reversal structural-error warden writ-of-certiorari | Whether the substantial holding in case on point Weaver V. Massachusetts U.S. 137 S. CT 809 (2017). WHEREBY, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified sane of … |
| 22-6436 | Timothy D. Robertson v. Illinois | Illinois | 2022-12-30 | Denied | IFP | due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-petition prior-conviction reversal sentencing sentencing-error sixth-amendment | 1). Did Petitioner Robertson Establish and Show "Cause" for filing a Successive Post Conviction Petition by Advancing an Overwhelmingly Substantial "M… |
| 22-5612 | Luis F. Gomez v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-09-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 6th-amendment administrative-law constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct reversal statutory-interpretation witness-credibility | Does improper vouching by a prosecutor to the jury rise to a level of reversal in accordance with the 5th Amendment and unduly prejudice the defendant… |
| 21-1611 | Robert Koger v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-06-29 | Denied | Response Waived | conflict-of-interest criminal-defense criminal-investigation defense-counsel disclosure due-process reversal sixth-amendment witness witness-testimony | 1. Whether a criminal defendant establishes an "actual " unwaiveable conflict of interest that adversely affects counsel 's representation when def… |
| 21-8132 | James E. Sanicki, Jr. v. Chris S. Buesgen, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2022-06-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review biased-juror constitutional-review due-process judicial-procedure jury-selection legal-standard peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes reversal standard-of-review | X emn injury selection rebuffed In seating <X laiASftJ ijuror, or<de/>r,v<dlffn <rf the naa/»dcjclecl nw/nber peresnptdfy c.V>ftlle/^ex should have ke… |
| 20-6862 | Montecarlos Gant v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-01-13 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appellate-review constitutional-error due-process guilty-plea plain-error prejudice reversal substantial-rights | (1) When it is undisputed that a defendant's plea was not knowingly and intelligently made in violation of the Due Process Clause, is automatic revers… |
| 20-6714 | Jevonne Martell Coleman v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-12-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appellate-review constitutional-error due-process guilty-plea plain-error prejudice reversal substantial-rights | (1) When it is undisputed that a defendant's plea was not knowingly and intelligently made in violation of the Due Process Clause, is automatic revers… |
| 20-5222 | Travon Nikeith Johnson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-07-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | case-remand court-review criminal-procedure exceptions Holguin-Hernandez judicial-interpretation legal-precedent procedural-analysis remand reversal sentencing supreme-court-citation | Whether the court below overlooked or disregarded Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, __U.S.__, 140 S.Ct. 762 (2020), meriting remand or reversal? |
| 20-5050 | Ezra Leslie v. New York | New York | 2020-07-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct reversal sixth-amendment structural-error | 1. Petitioner, [Ezra Leslie], was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his paramour. Leslie maintained his innocence and informed his cou… |
| 19-6995 | Richard Alan King v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-12-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice magistrate pro-se-pleading procedural-default remand reversal standard-of-review standing supreme-court-precedent | Was The Presiding Magistrate's Analysis So Flawed As To Warrent This Court To Reverse And Remand So That A Correct Legal Standard May Be Applied ? pg7… |
| 19-709 | Mako One Corporation, et al. v. Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company | Eighth Circuit | 2019-12-04 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-remedy remand reversal structural-error | 1. When a Circuit Court finds opposing counsel has an actual and serious conflict of interest in a civil case, should the Court view the conflict as a… |
| 18-9447 | QuintIn Irving Brown v. Virginia | Virginia | 2019-05-28 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appeal conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-boundaries jurisdiction jurisdictional-overreach procedural-error reversal state-law territorial-jurisdiction venue | I. WHEN A CONVICTION OCCURS IN ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE A COUNTY'S JURISDICTION OCCURS OVER 2,200 YARDS BEYOND ITS 300-YARD PERMISSIBLE JU… |
| 18-9194 | Noah Espada v. Texas | Texas | 2019-05-08 | Denied | IFP | brady-violation constitutional-law criminal-procedure death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process federal-law perjury reversal | Whether a Brady violation, that results in the reversal of a death sentence because of perjury stemming from the Brady violation, implicates the Doubl… |
| 18-1282 | David Lee Sanders v. Alabama | Alabama | 2019-04-09 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process illegal-plea plea-agreement plea-bargaining probation reversal sentencing speedy-trial | 1. Whether a criminal defendant who pleads guilty pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement and serves a five-year, split sentence, which is subsequentl… |
| 18-7290 | Muhamet Ajvazi v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-08 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process enhancement evidence judicial-review prior-conviction prior-convictions remand reversal sentencing | (I). WHETHER THE COURT SHOULD REVERSE AIAD REMAND DUE TO THE ADMISSION OF EVIDEHCE OF PRIOR COVVICTION USEN AS EHHANCEMENT THAT WAS MOT FIMAL. I). RI… |
| 18-6305 | Igor Polshyn v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-10-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence reversal right-to-testify structural-error testimony | 1. Whether preventing a defendant from testifying on the sole disputed element of an offense, his subjective intent, amounts to structural constitutio… |