substantive-change
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6472 | Roberto Lopez-Ortiz v. Massachusetts | Massachusetts | 2026-01-02 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-offense direct-review due-process felony-murder retroactive-application substantive-change | Roberto Lopez -Ortiz is serving life in prison for an offense that no longer exist s. He fully preserve d his challenge to second -degree felony -murd… |
| 21-785 | Richard Riccardi v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-11-29 | Denied | Response Waived | burden-of-establishing-exception collateral-review legal-theory procedural-default retroactive-effect substantive-change substantive-change-of-law supreme-court-precedent yates-v-united-states | Whether the exception to the procedural default rule of Yates v United States, 354 U.S. 298 (1957) applies |