victim-impact-statement

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5751 Nicolas Dominique v. Florida Florida 2024-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion sentencing victim-impact-statement Whether a judge's use of a victim impact statement as an aggravating factor or for fact-finding to increase a defendant's punishment, without a jury d…
23-666 James T. Cunningham v. United States Armed Forces 2023-12-20 Denied court-martial criminal-procedure due-process military-justice non-unanimous-verdict prejudice-test sentencing unanimous-verdict victim-impact-statement Whether Senior Airman James T. Cunningham was entitled to a unanimous verdict in his court-martial when the Government convicted him of murder—a serio…
20-5835 Joseph Belarde Garcia v. California California 2020-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus parole parole-board prisoner-rights victim-impact-statement Can a state parole board commit a fatal error by the refusal to entertain favorable evidence of the state prisoner for his suitability to be released …
18-5189 Glenvert Green v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process fifth-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment victim-impact-statement victim-impact-statements Whether the Sixth and Fifth Amendments provide a criminal defendant the right to cross-examine a government witness who testifies during a sentencing …