voluntary-intoxication

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-7487 Nicholas Noelani D. Smith v. Alabama Alabama 2025-06-24 Denied IFP capital-murder due-process fourteenth-amendment lesser-included-offenses specific-intent voluntary-intoxication Whether a criminal defendant in a capital trial is deprived of his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process when the evidence supports voluntary into…
24-5290 Kevin Duane Stunes v. Colorado Colorado 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance postconviction-review trial-counsel voluntary-intoxication When a state regulates a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, does due process require that a defendant be allowed the opportunity to dev…
23-7703 Walter Taylor, III v. Vermont Vermont 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP defense-theory due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions jury-trial sixth-amendment voluntary-intoxication Is a criminal defendant denied his right to a jury trial under the Sixth Amendment and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment when the trial court…
22-7830 Steven Nicholson v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-circuit constitutional-rights diminished-capacity due-process federal-circuit-courts michigan-law rule-of-law voluntary-intoxication Does the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals position to acquiesce to MCL 768.37 by not interfering with Michigan's jurisdiction conflict with how multiple U…
22-5994 Kevin Leon Lucien v. Texas Texas 2022-11-04 Denied IFP criminal-procedure duty-to-investigate ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health mitigating-evidence punishment standard-of-review trial-counsel voluntary-intoxication Was trial counsel ineffective for failing to investigate and present evidence of voluntary intoxication as mitigating evidence at punishment?
20-6806 Troy Merck, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2021-01-08 Denied IFP autonomy-defense criminal-defense due-process mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment specific-intent trial-counsel voluntary-intoxication Whether a defendant's autonomy to decide the objective of the defense is violated by the assertion of a voluntary intoxication defense
20-5921 Joseph J. Craig v. Kansas Kansas 2020-10-05 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-instruction kansas-supreme-court voluntary-intoxication Did the Kansas Supreme Court deny the defendants rights to a fair trial under the Due Process Clause when it should have ruled the defendant was entit…
19-7291 Jose Abraham Guzman v. Kelly Santoro, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intoxication jury-instructions voluntary-intoxication Whether Guzman's failure to request instruction on voluntary intoxication was ineffective assistance of counsel