| 21-6664 |
Robert Breest v. John M. Formella, Attorney General of New Hampshire |
First Circuit |
2021-12-17 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-error due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sullivan-v-louisiana |
Did the First Circuit err in denying Robert Breest relief from judgment pertaining to the First Circuit's 1981 holding in Breest v. Perrin, 655 F.2d 1… |
| 21-5553 |
F. Daly v. Maine |
Maine |
2021-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
beyond-reasonable-doubt boyde-v-california burden-of-proof constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions standard-of-proof sullivan-v-louisiana witness-testimony |
Whether the jury instruction misdescribes the standard of proof, resulting in a reasonable likelihood of unconstitutional application |
| 19-7789 |
Steven Klein v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof cage-v-louisiana criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions reasonable-doubt structural-error sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether the trial court erred by overruling Klein's objection to prosecution's misstated of the burden of proof during closing arguments |
| 19-7671 |
Daquan Ossie Bradley v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2020-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-law court-trial due-process judicial-review standard-of-review structural-error sullivan-v-louisiana trial-procedure |
Whether a court-trial verdict that is based on a constitutionally-deficient burden of proof is structural error under Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. … |
| 19-5767 |
Virgil Lee Bailey v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process factual-basis guilty-plea harmless-error judicial-standard plain-error plain-error-review plea-bargaining plea-sufficiency sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether the sufficiency of a factual basis for a defendant's plea should be subject to plain error review |
| 19-5411 |
Kirk Patrick Keshler v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process factual-basis harmless-error judicial-review plain-error plea-bargaining plea-sufficiency standard-of-review sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether the sufficiency of a factual basis for a defendant's plea should be subject to plain error review, or whether, under Sullivan v. Louisiana, 50… |
| 18-1528 |
Jake Paul Heiney v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-06-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error harmless-error-analysis jury-finding-of-guilt jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-doubt structural-error sullivan-v-louisiana winship |
Improper-jury-instruction-on-element-of-offense |
| 18-8842 |
Michael Demon Nixon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law-922g firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea plain-error-review plea-agreement statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no … |
| 18-8366 |
Anthony Eudean Woollis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified … |
| 18-6006 |
Gerson Gonzalez Tovar v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child-pornography crossed state-lines at an unspecified-prior-… |
| 18-5518 |
Norman Mearle Grim v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (5)IFP |
advisory-jury burden-of-proof caldwell-v-mississippi capital-case death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing eighth-amendment harmless-error hurst-v-florida hurst-violation sixth-amendment sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether a Hurst violation can be ruled harmless based solely on a pre-Hurst advisory jury's unanimous vote to recommend death, where the jurors heard … |
| 18-5304 |
Raymond Sanchez Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §2252A(5)(B) authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspec… |
| 18-5228 |
Quawn M. Franklin v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-07-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (5)IFP |
caldwell-error constitutional-claim death-penalty eighth-amendment harmless-error hurst-v-florida hurst-violation individualized-review jury-recommendation sullivan sullivan-v-louisiana |
Whether the per se harmless-error rule adopted by the Florida Supreme Court violates precedents and the Eighth Amendment |