Brecht-v-Abrahamson
8 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-5319 | Antoine L. Riggins v. Ken Hollibaugh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al. | Third Circuit | 2023-08-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brecht-exception brecht-v-abrahamson co-defendant-confession fair-trial fourteenth-amendment joint-trial sixth-amendment | 1. IS THERE AN URGENT NEED TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE EXCEPTION MENTIONED IN BRECHT V. ABRAHAMS ON 507 U.S. 619 (1993). WHERE DEFENDANT'S SIXTH AND FOURTE… |
| 22-7029 | Roger Keeling v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-03-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review brecht-v-abrahamson criminal-procedure harmless-error kotteakos-v-united-states ninth-circuit non-constitutional-error standard-of-review weighty-evidence | Did the Ninth Circuit err in concluding that a non-constitutional error was harmless when it found "ample," rather than "weighty," evidence of guilt c… |
| 21-6138 | Armando B. Cortinas, Jr. v. Jo Gentry, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-01 | Denied | IFP | Brecht-v-Abrahamson confession constitutional-error federal-habeas federal-review felony-murder habeas-corpus harmless-error premeditation-and-deliberation section-2254 state-court-decision | Should the Court hold this petition pending disposition of Brown v. Davenport, No. 20-826, which will likely address how 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) and Brecht… |
| 20-8101 | Joseph Weldon Smith v. Perry Russell, Warden, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-05-21 | Denied | IFP | brecht-standard brecht-v-abrahamson capital-sentencing harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions jury-trial sixth-amendment stromberg-error stromberg-v-california | In applying harmless error review under Brecht, may a federal court disregard the prejudice resulting from Stromberg error, i.e., the jury's considera… |
| 20-1605 | Justin Terrell Atkins v. Timothy Hooper, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2021-05-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | aedpa brecht-v-abrahamson confrontation-clause habeas habeas-corpus harmless-error harmlessness preservation-rule sufficiency-of-evidence | Whether, as concluded by every circuit that has considered the issue, the preservation rule applies to the State's forfeiture of harmlessness in AEDPA… |
| 19-8581 | Marlon Deon Harmon v. Tommy Sharp, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2020-06-02 | Denied | IFP | brady-v-maryland brady-violation brecht-standard brecht-v-abrahamson confession confession-evidence constitutional-error death-penalty habeas-corpus mitigating-evidence sentencing | Should this Court provide uniform guidance to federal courts in their analyses under Brecht v. Abrahamson when the harm caused in the admission of an … |
| 19-1307 | Edward Thomas, Warden v. William Leroy Barnes | Fourth Circuit | 2020-05-20 | Denied | actual-prejudice brecht-v-abrahamson criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-review fourth-circuit habeas-corpus juror-misconduct jury jury-contact precedent-interpretation substantial-effect | Did the Fourth Circuit misapply this Court's precedents by granting habeas relief where there was no evidence that a juror's contact with a third part… | |
| 19-573 | Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-11-01 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | brecht-standard brecht-v-abrahamson closing-arguments constitutional-error fifth-amendment habeas-corpus harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct substantial-defense | Under Brecht v. Abrahamson, a federal court cannot grant habeas relief unless a constitutional error had a "substantial and injurious effect or influe… |