witness-vouching

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A1265 Charles L. Payne, II v. Ohio Ohio 2025-06-23 Presumed Complete due-process fourteenth-amendment harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-vouching Whether a trial court violates a defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by permitting prosecutorial and police vouching for a witness's cre…
24-5961 James A. Bell v. Michele Dauzat, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness witness-vouching Whether a prosecutor's 'bolstering' of a witness's testimony constitutes an impermissible vouching exception and violates due process under the 14th A…
20-6025 Steven McManus v. Mary Vann, Superintendent, Altona Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied IFP burden-of-proof emotional-appeals evidence-mischaracterization fair-trial inflammatory-statements prosecutorial-misconduct vouching witness-vouching Whether the cumulative effect of the prosecutor's actions deprived the petitioner of a fair trial?
18-7769 Demetrius Hill v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel new-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment witness-credibility witness-vouching Do exculpatory recordings that were purposefully withheld by the government warrant a new trial?