trial-defense

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
21-6770	Dave Elysee v. United States	Eleventh Circuit	2022-01-06	Denied	Amici (1)IFP	burden-of-proof criminal-defendant criminal-defense due-process evidence legal-procedure police-investigation presumption-of-innocence suspect-identification trial-defense	Whether a criminal defendant may mount a defense at trial based on an inadequate police investigation into another suspect
20-5191	Joshua Edwards v. United States	Fifth Circuit	2020-07-28	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process elements-of-crime elements-of-offense fifth-circuit jury-instructions trial-defense	Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err when it held that the district court's failure to instruct the jury on the elements o…
19-5947	Michael Patrick Kennedy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division	Fifth Circuit	2019-09-16	Denied	IFP	criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement perception-of-guilt substantial-guilt trial-defense witness-tampering	If defense counsel omits the necessary trial defense and thereby sustains a perception of substantial guilt so that the substantial guilt was dependen…