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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…