| 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 … |