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 |