| 25-5917 |
Thomas Avery Drum v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court-authority judicial-discretion new-trial-motion rule-33 weight-of-evidence |
When a criminal defendant files a timely motion for a new trial under Rule 33(b)(2), what is the scope of the district court's authority to grant a ne… |
| 24-6265 |
Ryan A. Fleming, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure guilty-verdict miscarriage-of-justice police-testimony video-evidence weight-of-evidence |
1. Whether video evidence refuting police testimony that a defendant personally held a gun required reversal of a guilty verdict as sufficiently again… |
| 23-414 |
Devon Archer v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
circuit-split criminal-procedure discretion judicial-discretion manifest-injustice new-trial new-trial-standard rule-33 second-circuit weight-of-evidence |
Whether district courts have discretion under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33 to order a new trial based on the weight of the evidence, even in … |
| 22-6016 |
Sheila Gray v. City of Detroit, Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-discretion judicial-error jury-verdict overturning-verdict standard-of-review substantial-evidence trial-evidence trial-procedure weight-of-evidence witness-testimony |
Whether Appellant presents substantial evidence that the unanimous jury verdict goes against the great weight of the evidence presented at trial and s… |
| 22-5997 |
Tarence Kirkland v. New York |
New York |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-verdict cross-examination due-process evidence fair-trial identification legal-sufficiency second-degree-offense weight-of-evidence |
Was the trial court's decision on Rodriguez's identification and use of other crimes and bad acts on cross-examination result in the denial of a fair … |
| 20-6361 |
Robert L. Davis v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-review standing weight-of-evidence |
Whether the weight of the evidence supports the defendant-petitioner's claim that counsel lied about a material issue, resulting in ineffective assist… |
| 20-5282 |
Alla A. Zorikova v. Realvest, Inc. |
Missouri |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial falsified-facts foreign-corporation judicial-discretion missouri-statutes usurious-interest weight-of-evidence |
Did the Circuit Court deny Petitioner's Constitutional right for fair Trial? |
| 19-7587 |
Lannon Lavar Burdunice v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acquittal batson bias character-evidence circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process evidence incomplete-jury-verdict insufficient-evidence intent-to-kill judicial-error judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-verdict prior-convictions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-be-present right-to-present-defense second-degree-murder weight-of-evidence |
Must my conviction for second degree intentional murder be vacated and a judgement of acquittal entered |
| 19-7480 |
David Paul Lynch v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-error eleventh-circuit harmless-error hearsay hearsay-statements jury-trial precedent sixth-amendment weight-of-evidence |
Did the Eleventh Circuit violate this Court's precedent on harmless error |
| 19-7377 |
Gerald Adger v. New York |
New York |
2020-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment appeal appellate-counsel conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-argument procedural-error right-to-counsel trial-counsel weight-of-evidence |
Was the appellate attorney ineffective assistance of counsel? |
| 18-8644 |
Emanuel L. Finch, Sr. v. Bradley Graham, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause confrontation-clause,compulsory-process,miranda-ri consent-to-search constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial materiality-of-false-testimony miranda-rights sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence weight-of-evidence |
Whether the conduct complained of is a question of law |