social-media-evidence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6353 Furlonzo R. Moran v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial juror-disqualification jury-selection social-media-evidence trial-court-discretion Is it unconstitutional to disqualify a juror from service without just cause? Was Moran deprived of his right to be tried by the jurors selected to t…
21-581 Allen H. Loughry, II v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied criminal-procedure extrajudicial-communication juror-contact juror-misconduct presumptive-prejudice remmer-hearing sixth-amendment social-media social-media-evidence trial-integrity In Remmer v. United States, 347 U.S. 227, 229 (1954), the Court held that "any private communication, contact, or tampering directly or indirectly, wi…
21-5434 Demontrae Wilson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP authentication circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidentiary-standards lay-witness social-media social-media-evidence Social media evidence presents unique foundational issues and is now a nearly ubiquitous component of many criminal cases. The standards for admission…
18-8129 Charles Russell v. Texas Texas 2019-02-25 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission reasonable-doubt social-media social-media-evidence witness-testimony Did the Trial Court relieve the state of its burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt when it allowed the state to show the jury photos found o…