suppressed-evidence

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25-6388 James W. VanDivner, Jr. v. Laurel R. Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus heat-of-passion ineffective-assistance-counsel suppressed-evidence voluntary-manslaughter Should a certificate of appealability have issued, where the suppressed evidence, considered cumulatively, would have placed a burden on the Commonwea…
24A1204 In re Anthony Floyd Wainwright 2025-06-06 Denied brady-violation capital-habeas due-process jailhouse-informant prosecutorial-misconduct suppressed-evidence Whether the State's suppression of evidence regarding jailhouse informants' expectations of sentencing leniency in exchange for testimony violated the…
23-7681 Thomas George Craaybeek v. Texas Texas 2024-06-11 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-rights grand-jury habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief suppressed-evidence Question not identified
23-6982 Paulius Telamy v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression favorable-evidence postconviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct suppressed-evidence Whether, under Brady v. Maryland, the prosecution suppressed favorable evidence
23-651 John Lowery v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied actual-innocence constitutional-claims constitutional-review credibility-findings eyewitness-recantation gateway-innocence recantation sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-deference state-court-deference suppressed-evidence Whether the Sixth Circuit erroneously deferred to the state court's credibility findings on a gateway innocence claim
22-7337 Toforest Onesha Johnson v. Alabama Alabama 2023-04-20 Denied Amici (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation capital-murder death-penalty post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct reward-payment suppressed-evidence witness-testimony Did the State suppress evidence under Brady in the extraordinary circumstances of this death penalty case?
22-6810 Jason Jarvis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution defendant-rights due-process evidence evidentiary-rules fourth-amendment legal-standing prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure suppressed-evidence Whether suppressed evidence or evidence not belonging to the defendant can be used against the defendant to prosecute him?
22-6500 Richard Eugene Glossip v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-01-09 Dismissed Amici (2)Relisted (21)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression impeachment-evidence materiality post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review suppressed-evidence witness-credibility Whether a court may require a defendant to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable fact finder would have returned a guilty ve…
22-6032 Nicholas Sterling Little v. Ronald Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant other-suspect other-suspect-evidence person-a person-b post-conviction post-conviction-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct suppressed-evidence Does a criminal defendant's constitutional rights violate if prosecutors use 'other-suspect' evidence to convict 'person-a' of a crime 'person-b' is a…
22-5827 Jasmine Perry and Evans Lewis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materiality brady-v-maryland cooperating-witness due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit kyles-v-whitley materiality rico-indictment suppressed-evidence Can the constitutional right to due process be protected when federal courts regularly apply inconsistent and erroneous standards to determining the m…
22-5826 Alonzo Peters v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materiality brady-v-maryland conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process fifth-circuit kyles-v-whitley suppressed-evidence witness-testimony Whether a defendant's convictions for conspiracy and drug trafficking conspiracy must be vacated
22-5429 Omar Shariff Cash v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland circuit-split due-process harmless-error impeachment-evidence materiality standards-of-review suppressed-evidence witness-credibility Should this Court resolve the division among the Courts of Appeals and determine the appropriate standard for a court to apply in determining whether …
22-5050 Johnny M. Ruffin v. David Mitchell Seventh Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility brady-materiality brady-v-maryland circuit-conflict circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression impeachment-evidence materiality suppressed-evidence Whether the Seventh Circuit's decision creates conflict with other Circuits regarding the admissibility and materiality requirements under Brady v. Ma…
21-6285 Gary Hughbanks v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied IFP admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review brady-materiality brady-v-maryland confession-evidence criminal-procedure due-process materiality-analysis sixth-circuit suppressed-evidence Are another individual's repeated statements confessing to the murders for which the defendant is on trial material for purpose of assessing the impac…
21-623 Anthony Penton v. A. Malfi, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived brady-evidence brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment prior-convictions prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment suppressed-evidence Whether evidence covered by Brady v. Maryland is considered suppressed under the Fifth Amendment regardless of the defendant's knowledge
21-5102 Jaime Meza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review brady-v-maryland brady-violation commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct judicial-review materiality suppressed-evidence Whether a defendant seeking relief under Brady v. Maryland is entitled to have some court review the suppressed information to determine materiality
20-7195 Javan Fredrick Mays, aka Von Frederick Mayes v. Scott Lewis, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process post-conviction-relief procedural-barriers prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel subject-matter-jurisdiction suppressed-evidence Whether the petitioner's convictions were obtained in violation of due process
19-7925 Ronald O'Rourke v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied IFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights counsel criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-conduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment suppressed-evidence trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court abused discretion in denying petitioner's request for counsel
19-1030 Karen Bishop v. Palm Beach County, Florida Florida 2020-02-19 Denied Response Waived -animal-seizure -due-process -judicial-discretion -property-rights -statutory-interpretation #NAME? animal-welfare due-process evidence-suppression judicial-discretion property-rights suppressed-evidence vague-definition-of-fitness vagueness How can a definition or determination of fitness be assessed when the Florida Statute 828.073(4)(a) provides a vague description of fitness, puts the …
19-411 Rodney Reed v. Texas Texas 2019-09-26 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (8) brady-materiality brady-v-maryland confrontation-clause due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment materiality self-incrimination suppressed-evidence witness-testimony When assessing under the Brady materiality standard whether 'disclosure of the suppressed evidence to competent counsel would have made a different re…
18-7395 Wilfred H. v. West Virginia West Virginia 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materiality brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct suppressed-evidence Under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), does the materiality standard require that the suppressed evidence directly go to proving any count again…
18-410 Corey D. Yates v. United States District of Columbia 2018-10-02 Denied brady-doctrine brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure disclosure due-process evidence-suppression federal-state-courts-split materiality preserving-brady-doctrine prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-diligence suppressed-evidence Whether a defendant must show he did not know of and could not have reasonably obtained the suppressed evidence to establish a Brady violation
18-144 Keith Byron Baranski v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived appellate-standard brady-giglio coram-nobis due-process materiality prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-suppression second-or-successive-motions second-successive-motions sentencing-reduction suppressed-evidence suppression-of-evidence witness-credibility Whether, without briefing, a Court of Appeals may substitute the 28 U.S.C. §2255 standard for second or successive' motions by prisoners in custody fo…
18-5255 Jerome Gibson v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-claim brady-v-maryland credibility de-novo-review due-process evidence-suppression investigation kyles-standard kyles-v-whitley materiality materiality-test police-investigation reliability suppressed-evidence witness-credibility Whether the suppression of evidence of inducements provided to Commonwealth witnesses violates Brady v. Maryland, where the defense could have used th…
18-36 Gregory Brice v. United States District of Columbia 2018-07-06 Denied alternate-suspect brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence motive motive-evidence new-trial post-trial-confession suppressed-evidence Whether the government violated its obligations under Brady v. Maryland by suppressing evidence showing that the leading alternate suspect had a power…