rules-of-evidence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5220 Christopher L. Smith v. Ohio Ohio 2024-08-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure-joinder confidential-informant constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial prejudicial-joinder probable-cause rules-of-evidence search-warrant sufficiency-of-evidence Whether prejudicial joinder of unrelated counts violates the right to a fair trial,
23-721 Gayle Killilea v. Richard M. Coan, et al. Second Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) avoidance-action bankruptcy-law civil-procedure evidence expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence jury property-transfer rules-of-evidence statutory-interpretation trust Whether expert testimony may be excluded under Rules 702 and 704 because the expert offers an opinion on the relevant question of fact
22-6913 In Re Robert B. Read, Jr. 2023-03-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto habeas-corpus rules-of-evidence sixth-amendment speedy-trial subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the trial court have implied subject-matter jurisdiction to try the petitioner for the indicted felony offense?
22-6820 Sergio Moises Ochoa v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review compel-witnesses constitutional-interpretation due-process enumerated-rights evidence-rules fundamental-rights judicial-discretion present-defense rules-of-evidence May courts continue to treat fundamental and enumerated rights as mere guidelines to be discarded when inconvenient?
20-502 Ken Mascara, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of St. Lucie County, Florida, et al. v. Viola Bryant, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gregory Vaughn Hill, Jr. Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied civil-police-liability civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-admissibility harmless-error judicial-review police-liability probation probationary-status rules-of-evidence standard-of-review Whether the Court should adopt a more flexible standard of admissibility of evidence than Huddleston v. U.S. under Rules 403 and 404(b) in civil polic…
20-5879 Michael Matthew Phillips v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence felon-in-possession firearm-evidence rule-404b rules-of-evidence witness-testimony Whether evidence that a defendant walked with a person to a public place where the other person retrieved a firearm is sufficient to show that the def…
18-8684 Robert E. Young v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General Seventh Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment administrative-law burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jury-trial mixed-cases pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation rules-of-evidence standing summary-judgment Did the 7th District Court and the 7th Circuit Court deny the Appellant the protection and benefits granted by the 5th and 7th Amendments?