structural-defects
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6300 | Anthony Jones v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-12-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-violations criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance plain-error structural-defects | Whether structural constitutional defects in indictments should be reviewed under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52's plain error standard or Rule… |
| 24-5933 | Garry David Gallardo v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-11-07 | Closed | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-rights due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-review structural-defects | Whether the federal criminal courts can review structural defects in lower court proceedings when constitutional rights have potentially been violated |
| 20-7133 | Anthony Reed v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction | Eighth Circuit | 2021-02-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment grand-jury habeas-corpus prosecutorial-discretion structural-defects | Whether the Arkansas Constitutional Amendment No. 21 violates the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause by allowing prosecution by information rat… |
| 18-8638 | Michael Bennefield v. Georgia | Georgia | 2019-03-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-safeguards criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial guilt-determination jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect plea-bargaining plea-proceedings procedural-validity standing structural-defects | When Structural Jurisdictional defects prevent a fair proceeding, can any reliable determination of guilt or innocence be deemed fair? |