trial-error

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6173 Charles Jason Carmichael v. South Carolina South Carolina 2025-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process hearsay-testimony trial-error Whether the state supreme court erroneously admitted hearsay testimony that violated the petitioner's confrontation rights and resulted in prejudicial…
23-5118 In Re Dustin Ray Braddock 2023-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court due-process expert-testimony jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct structural-error subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court trial-error Whether a dual-role jury instruction is required when law enforcement officers testify as both expert and percipient witnesses
22-7124 Ricky Lee Scott v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Arkansas 2023-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process first-degree-murder jury-instructions life-imprisonment state-procedural-default trial-error waiver Whether petitioner's right to due process was violated
22-6135 Monzell Harding v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-discretion evidence extrinsic-evidence rico rico-conspiracy rule-404(b) rule-404b trial-error uncharged-crimes Was the district court required by JHuddleston v. United States, 485 U.S. 681 (1988) and Rule 404(b) to cure the reversible trial error that resulted …
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?
22-5834 Jose A. Torres v. Lisa Mitchell, Superintendent, Old Colony Correctional Center, et al. First Circuit 2022-10-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions legal-relief procedural-review standard-of-review trial-error Whether Mr. Torres was entitled to relief or an evidentiary hearing on his claim of ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
22-5054 Tyrik Upchurch v. United States Third Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process evidence-rules expert-testimony expert-witness-testimony judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings lay-witness-testimony new-trial standard-of-review third-circuit trial-error Did the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in failing to award the Petitioner a new trial due to the District Court's error in allowing the go…
21-7312 Daniel Viveiros v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP complaint-testimony due-process evidence evidence-admission expert-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-assault trial-error trial-procedure uncorroborated-allegations Whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence without expert medical testimony
21-5315 Rafael Arturo Coto Chinchilla v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-arguments criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sufficiency-of-evidence trial-error Was the evidence sufficient to support the guilty verdict?
20-7549 Shane Arnold v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied IFP criminal-procedure defense district-court due-process evidence evidence-introduction knowledge-of-status plain-error rehaif-standard Rehaif-v-United-States trial-error Whether a defendant satisfies the final two prongs of plain-error review for a Rehaif-v-United-States trial error
20-6975 Cortez Maurice Crumble v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-court-conflict criminal-law criminal-procedure mens-rea outside-trial-record plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights trial-error Whether prejudice should be presumed under the 'substantial rights' prong of plain-error review for Rehaif-derived trial errors
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…
19-5334 Martel Valencia-Cortez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence eyewitness-identification jury-instruction jury-instructions reliability-factors standing trial-error trial-procedure witness-identification Whether a district court commits error in a federal criminal case by failing to provide a specific eyewitness identification instruction
19-5046 James Gregory Armistead v. David Millis, Superintendent, Hyde Correctional Institution Fourth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-documents prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-error Whether the circuit court judges erred when the petition was denied a certificate of appealability, for clear violations where petitioner presented le…
18-9074 Aaron Francois v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel louisiana-constitution sufficiency-of-evidence trial-error Whether the evidence was sufficient to establish that the murder and underlying felony of armed robbery formed a continuous transaction without a sign…
18-8462 William James Truesdale v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence fabricated-evidence fabrication-of-evidence fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct trial-error Whether the erroneously admitted evidence reviewed objectively in light of the entire record before the jury was sufficiently material to provide the …
18-5681 Dexter Leemon Johnson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2018-08-21 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-error jury-instructions jury-trial jury-verdict reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum trial-error Whether the petitioner was denied the right to a jury verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
18-5386 Allen Alexander, aka Karon Keenan v. New Jersey New Jersey 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions lesser-included-offense robbery state-criminal-law trial-error Can a state trial judge's failure to charge the jury on a lesser included offense violate the defendant's rights guaranteed by the Due Process Clause …