trial-court-error

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25-6809 Michael Wayne Keller v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending IFP commonwealth-instruction heat-of-passion jury-instruction legal-standard malice-definition trial-court-error 1) Was the definition of malice given to the jury a proper Virginia model jury instruction defining heat of passion? 2) Did counsel for appellant req…
25-6621 Lamar Reese v. Ohio Ohio 2026-01-20 Pending IFP legal-procedure ohio-revised-code petition-denial post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation trial-court-error Did the State trial Court err in denying Petitioner's Post Conviction Petition that was filed under Ohio Revised Code 2953.23(A)(1)?
24-7322 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. A. Rodriguez Florida 2025-05-29 Dismissed IFP color-of-law fourth-amendment injunction procedural-due-process rights-deprivation trial-court-error Did the trial court commit reversible error in dismissing the petition for an injunction to prevent stalking? Did the court violate procedural due pro…
24-6957 Henry Pratt v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2025-04-11 Denied IFP civil-suit evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct procedural-irregularity trial-court-error witness-testimony Whether the trial court erred by precluding Addie Brice's civil suit statement from evidence and improperly withholding crucial testimony
24-6770 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Michael Valdez Florida 2025-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process notice-and-hearing stalking-injunction trial-court-error Did the trial court commit reversible error dismissing the petition for an injunction to prevent Respondent from stalking when it denied Petitioner re…
24-6557 Steve Rosado v. United States Second Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attempted-enticement criminal-statute government-overreach motion-to-dismiss statutory-interpretation trial-court-error Whether the trial court committed clear error in denying the motion to dismiss the indictment for attempted enticement under 18 U.S.C. §2422(b)
24-650 Robert Lee Webb v. Virginia Virginia 2024-12-16 Denied circumstantial-evidence fourteenth-amendment jury-instruction meaningful-defense sixth-amendment trial-court-error Whether the trial court's refusal to give a Virginia Model Jury Instruction on Circumstantial Evidence violated the appellant's Sixth and Fourteenth A…
24-5616 Craig Bernard Kerry v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-examination ineffective-assistance mental-health-issues petition-timeliness trial-court-error Whether the trial court erred by determining that Mr. Kerry's petition was untimely and whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a…
24-5047 Pedro Terrazas v. Illinois Illinois 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-prejudice jury-selection plain-error rule-431b trial-court-error was-defendant-prejudiced-and-denied-his-constitutional-right-to-the-effective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel
23-6657 Erick Cruz v. New York New York 2024-02-02 Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process evidence-authentication fair-trial opening-statements powerpoint-presentation presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-error Question not identified
23-6211 Bernard Antoine Hardrick v. Michigan Michigan 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-enterprise due-process evidence-sufficiency exclusion jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation trial-court-error Whether the trial court violated petitioner's right to be present, right to counsel, and right to self-representation when it improperly excluded peti…
23-5624 Charles M. Porter v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion law-enforcement probable-cause trial-court-error warrantless-arrest Whether the warrantless arrest is unlawful due to insufficient probable cause
22-6861 Jairo Francisco Solano v. Texas Texas 2023-02-24 Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-review confrontation-clause criminal-procedure defendant-objection due-process evidence evidence-admission hearsay judicial-procedure trial-court-error Did the trial court err by admitting hearsay testimony over the objection of Mr. Solano?
22-6077 William Donnell, III v. Eddie Caley, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extrinsic-evidence impeachment lead-detective right-to-present-defense trial-court-error trial-error witness-impeachment Did the trial court violate the defendant's Confrontation Clause rights and right to present a defense?
22-5541 Edwin Pawlowski v. United States Third Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review compulsory-process due-process harmless-error judicial-process re-cross-examination sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-error Did the Trial Court error by improperly restricting the Defendant's right to re-cross examination in light of new matter and evidence presented by the…
21-7380 Frank Henderson Brown v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied IFP appeal civil-rights closing-arguments due-process evidence-rules ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-court-error Whether the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to argue facts not in evidence during closing arguments
21-7242 Michael Wayne Kelly v. Texas Texas 2022-03-01 Denied IFP appellate-review confrontation-clause confrontation-right criminal-defense evidence evidence-exclusion right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment trial-court-error witness-testimony Did the Court of Appeals err in excluding evidence that deprived Petitioner of his Sixth Amendment right
21-6999 Sharoc Richardson v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defense-witnesses due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial trial-court-error witness-cross-examination Did the trial court err in failing to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter?
21-6607 In Re Andrew Thomas Burns, Sr. 2021-12-14 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-error waiver-inquiry Did the trial court's failure to conduct an affirmative waiver inquiry prior to ordering petitioner to proceed pro se at trial, deny petitioner of his…
21-6492 Jaime Galvez v. William Muniz, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied IFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights directed-verdict due-process federal-law harmless-error insanity-defense right-to-remain-silent trial-court-error Whether a trial court's error of forcing a criminal defendant to testify before hearing all of the prosecution's evidence requires automatic reversal …
21-5202 Esteban Figueroa-Larrea v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP contested-element criminal-procedure district-court jury-charge jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-scope plain-error standard-of-review trial-court-error trial-procedure Whether the district court plainly erred by misadvising the jury about the legal scope of the sole contested element at trial
20-7641 Brian Hawkins v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights credibility-analysis criminal-procedure due-process lovasco-standard pre-indictment-delay prosecutorial-discretion trial-court-error united-states-v-lovasco Has the trial court erred by adding a credibility analysis to an unjustifiable pre-indictment delay test of Due Process : prescribed by United States …
20-5934 Thomas Holden v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure conflict-with-supreme-court constitutional-review due-process federal-law ineffective-assistance premeditated-intent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-circuit strickland-standard trial-court-error Whether a United States Court of Appeal's has decided an important question of federal law that conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court
20-5629 Lester Waller v. Vance Laughlin, Warden Georgia 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process expert-witness-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-error waiver-of-counsel Did the Trial Court err when it determined Defendant's waiver of counsel was valid thus , violating his Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel and his Fourt…
19-8923 Bryant Okeff Leggett v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure drug-activity drug-house evidence judicial-discretion sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines trial-court-error Whether the district court improperly applied a two-level enhancement for maintaining a drug house where there was no evidence that the defendant's pr…
19-7973 Quincy Chisolm v. Maryland Maryland 2020-03-12 Denied IFP appeal civil-rights conspiracy conviction criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder judicial-discretion mitigating-circumstances murder sentencing trial-court-error Did the trial Court err in failing to set aside the verdict that a Conviction can the Court of Criminal Appeals to murder?
19-7124 Derwin Lee Butler v. California California 2019-12-31 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions post-trial-hearing right-to-call-witnesses stipulation trial-court-error trial-error trial-procedure witness-testimony Does a criminal defendant become deprived of his constitutional rights when the trial court fails to read an agreed upon stipulation and instruction t…
19-629 Tracy L. Stewart, et al. v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society Pennsylvania 2019-11-15 Denied civil-procedure due-process foreclosure judicial-procedure mortgage mortgage-standing property-law real-estate sheriff-sale standing trial-court-error Whether the trial court erred in not setting aside the sheriff's sale because the mortgage company lacked standing?
19-6374 Kim Moss v. Michigan Michigan 2019-10-25 Denied IFP appeal appeal-of-right appellate-procedure consolidation constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-to-appeal constitutional-violation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-delay right-to-appeal state-court-procedures state-procedures trial-court-error Was Petitioner Moss' constitutional right to appeal violated where the trial court failed to reinstate his appeal of right?
19-6171 Jorge Sanchez-Rodriguez v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-10-04 Denied IFP appeal appellate-review child-interview criminal-procedure due-process evidence insufficient-evidence judicial-error standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-court-error witness-testimony Did the state appellate court and the Louisiana Supreme Court err in denying petitioner's appeal because the evidence presented at trial was insuffici…
19-6000 Kevin Kelley v. Illinois Illinois 2019-09-20 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rules propensity-evidence sixth-amendment trial-court-error witness-testimony Whether the state trial court erred in admitting the testimony of two witnesses for the purpose of showing the defendant's propensity to commit the ch…
19-5609 Marlin Chin and Patrick E. Lee v. United States District of Columbia 2019-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP decades-old-case evidentiary-presumption judicial-discretion missing-evidence motion-for-new-trial new-trial presumption-of-impropriety trial-court-error witness-fees witness-vouchers Whether the trial court erred in denying a Motion for New Trial when witness vouchers issued for payment of witness fees in a decades old case could n…
19-5389 Mervin R. Barteaux v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Ninth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-error habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default trial-counsel trial-court-error writ-of-certiorari Whether where the procedural default of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim is excused under Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), that in…
18-8135 Jerry Lee Williams, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process standing state-court-error state-law statutory-interpretation transcript-request trial-court-error Whether the Clerk of court erred in not applying LSA-R.S. 13:1885(A) and LSA-C.Cr.P. 873
18-8078 Elbert Walker v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure habeas-corpus motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation time-requirements trial-court-error void-judgment Whether the trial court erred in dismissing petitioner's motion to vacate the indictment on the premise that the motion did not qualify as a statutory…
18-7626 Gregory Haynes v. Illinois Illinois 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial legal-standards miscarriage-of-justice second-degree-murder self-defense trial-court-error Whether the Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial
18-7479 Farrell Haycraft v. Indiana Indiana 2019-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion jury-deliberation jury-instructions mistrial trial-court-error verdict verdict-modification Did the Trial Court Err when it order the jurors to redeliberate after it reach a verdict of guilty and not guilty on all counts?
18-6653 Rolando Calderin v. Illinois Illinois 2018-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court-error appellate-review constitutional-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process inculpatory-statements miranda-rights right-to-counsel self-incrimination suppression-of-evidence trial-court-error Whether Illinois Trial Court and Appellate Court erred when it failed to suppress Petitioner's inculpatory statements that were obtained after petitio…
18-6358 Alj Hilton v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP and Are Plain and Affect Petitioner's Substantial -and-Are-Plain-and-Affect-Petitioner's-Substantial 18-usc-3661 5th-amendment appeal-waiver appeal-waiver,sentencing-guidelines,criminal-histo criminal-history criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum plain-error sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights trial-court-error Whether the mandatory five-year minimum sentence u Whether Petitioner's Appeal Waiver Is Inapplicable to Issues of Trial Court Error in Applying Sentencing Guidelines' Enhancements or in Calculating Cr…
18-361 Lael J. Alleyne v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-09-19 Denied appeal appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process imperfect-self-defense jury-instructions manslaughter self-defense supreme-court-pennsylvania trial-court-error voluntary-manslaughter Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying a Petition for Allowance of Appeal despite the trial court's improper exclusion of voluntar…
18-5943 Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Kathy Hung Pham, et al. Oregon 2018-09-12 Denied IFP attorney-fees civil-rights clear-and-convincing-evidence costs-and-fees due-process elder-care guardianship guardianship-petition medical-decision-making mental-health standing trial-court-error Did the trial court err in dismissing the guardianship petition with prejudice?