sentencing-evidence

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-5691	Bradford Allen Thompson v. Texas	Texas	2025-09-19	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	abstract-beliefs constitutional-law first-amendment non-capital-felony relevancy-standard sentencing-evidence	Whether Dawson u. Delaware's I First Amendment prohibition against using a defendant's "abstract beliefs" (in this case, an interest in Nazi literatur…
21-6466	Ernest Romond Gibbs, Jr. v. United States	Eleventh Circuit	2021-12-01	Denied	Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP	circuit-split criminal-procedure direct-appeal judicial-discretion pepper-v-united-states post-sentencing-rehabilitation resentencing sentencing sentencing-evidence	Whether a district court violates Pepper v. United States when it refuses to allow a defendant to proffer evidence of post-sentencing rehabilitation a…
19-6600	Barry Lernard Davis v. United States	Fifth Circuit	2019-11-13	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	2255-motion 60b-motion abuse-of-discretion coa-brief court-of-appeals due-process evidentiary-hearing manifest-injustice procedural-due-process psr psr-challenge section-2255 sentencing-claim sentencing-evidence sentencing-issue sentencing-review	Where petitioner attacked evidence; State's Certified Motion to Dismiss allegation in his PSR, of R.D., to his 2255 Motion, and argued his evidence in…