unreliable-evidence
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-934 | Areli Escobar v. Texas | Texas | 2024-02-27 | Denied | Amici (4)Relisted (4) | capital-murder capital-punishment criminal-conviction dna-evidence due-process false-evidence habeas-corpus jury-verdict misleading-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct unreliable-evidence | Whether due process requires reversal of a capital conviction infected with errors the State no longer defends |
| 22-6421 | Sergio Garcia-Lara v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-12-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process presentence-report sentencing unreliable-evidence | Whether a district court may avoid reversal for considering unreliable information by avoiding express mention of the information, or whether parties … |
| 22-5749 | Justin Jamal Warner v. South Carolina | South Carolina | 2022-10-04 | Dismissed | IFP | criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification in-camera-hearing law-enforcement-procedure out-of-court-identification police-misconduct reliability-standard surveillance-video unreliable-evidence video-identification | Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to an in camera hearing on the reliability of an out-of-court identification made through video technology un… |
| 20-5929 | Tommy Lee Jones v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-10-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2g2.2(b)(5) burden-of-proof criminal-procedure offense-conduct police-report restitution sentencing-guidelines shepard-standard shepard-v-united-states unreliable-evidence | Can the government utilize an unreliable nearly thirty (30) year old police report to satisfy its burden the sentencing guideline five (5) level enhan… |