separate-sovereigns

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5500 Clarence C. Roland, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-admission fair-trial separate-sovereigns 1. Whether eliciting the fact and details of a defendant's conviction in a separate sovereign —including that it was for the same conduct and that the…
23A257 In Re Gregory Mercer 2023-09-21 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment separate-sovereigns Whether a state appellate court violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by dismissing federal constitutional claims on procedural grounds without…
20-244 James Michael Fayed v. California California 2020-08-31 Denied double-jeopardy due-process fundamental-fairness right-to-counsel separate-sovereigns silver-platter-doctrine sixth-amendment uncharged-allegations Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches on uncharged murder allegations
19-5739 Duane Pope v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Nebraska 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process ex-post-facto privileges-and-immunities separate-sovereigns separate-sovereigns-doctrine Does the 'separate sovereigns' doctrine permit multiple punishments that are exempted from the constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual p…
19-5479 Gregory Waddell Hayes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federalism fifth-amendment precedent separate-sovereigns sovereign-immunity Whether this Court should overrule the separate sovereigns exception to Double Jeopardy
18-5812 In Re Richard DeCaro 2018-08-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure doctrinal-underpinnings double-jeopardy due-process gamble-v-united-states innocence original-meaning re-adjudication separate-sovereigns separate-sovereigns-exception Whether the Court should overrule the 'separate sovereigns' exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause