Impeachment

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24-6310 Descart Austin Begay, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-15 Denied IFP circuit-split evidence-rule fabrication impeachment prior-consistent-statement witness-testimony Subsection (i) of Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(B) allows for admission of a declarant's prior consistent statement only when offered "to rebut a…
23-7622 Angel Luis Concepcion-Rosario v. United States Third Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure district-court-error due-process exclusionary-rule impeachment judgment-of-acquittal miranda-rights motion-for-mistrial physical-evidence sentencing suppression-of-evidence 1. Did the district court error in not suppressing the physical evidence and the statement? 2. Did the district court error in not granting the petit…
23-6789 Randolph Maya v. Florida Florida 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidence grand-jury grand-jury-testimony impeachment impeachment-evidence jury-instructions prior-inconsistent-statement substantive-evidence witness witness-testimony 1. Can a party knowingly call a witness it expects to testify contrary to previous statements in order for those statements to entered as substantive …
23-6575 Racardo Jackson v. Ken Clark, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment impeachment miranda-warnings selective-silence self-incrimination This Court held in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 486 (1966), [that a suspect who is taken into custody has the right to remain silent, and it held in D…
23-6257 Randall Scott Jordan v. Texas Texas 2023-12-14 Denied IFP brady brady-violation criminal-history due-process impeachment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment suppression-of-evidence witness-credibility witness-impeachment No. 1 Randall Scott Jordan/petitioner/ contends that external impediments,(State's w witness,(Galvan) extensive violent criminal history and gang aff…
23-6247 In Re Tonya Knowles 2023-12-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ai-governance civil-rights constitutional-transfer due-process executive-order executive-power impeachment presidential-election presidential-power separation-of-powers transfer-of-power white-house-authority Can a Peaceful transfer of power occur if a White House subordinate employee, Donald Trump, transfers Power to Artificial Intelligence via an Executiv…
23-6246 In Re Tonya Knowles 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-power impeachment impeachment-power presidential-election presidential-transition separation-of-powers 1. Can a Peaceful transfer of power occur if a White House subordinate employee, Donald Trump, transfers Power to Artificial Intelligence via an Execu…
23-624 United States v. Donald J. Trump District of Columbia 2023-12-11 Granted Amici (2) constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-prosecution due-process executive-immunity executive-privilege impeachment impeachment-clause presidential-immunity presidential-powers Whether a former President is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from fe…
23-312 Lee E. Stephens, Jr. v. Carolyn J. Scruggs, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-relief impeachment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prior-convictions resentencing right-to-testify sentencing unconstitutional-convictions 1. Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether habeas relief and re sentencing is required when a defendant's sentence was premised on prior convi…
23-5163 Michael Joseph Formica v. Virginia Virginia 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence impeachment judicial-discretion standing DJH£TM* TM C/tOUrt coa/ir fe/i -pfi C*wtY ^ FoeM'^ F^ re^rl4 A^6AJbM^ -f A7A1 oaJI<J£A ti-Ttt JC^ei/i)£ l//otfT£D fcl(,/fT 3y tAlL/M 7* Aw/hAsJd bis…
23-5122 Ronny Deviod Walker v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-07-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts immunity impeachment judicial-misconduct misconduct pro-se-pleading procedural-rules standing Question not identified.
22-1075 James E. Hinkle v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-precedent impeachment impeachment-evidence witness-testimony 1. Whether The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's decision was contrary to federal precedent when it held that Hinkle's federal …
22-7174 James R. Householder, Jr. v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied IFP cross-examination due-process Fair-trial Fourteenth-Amendment Impeachment Inconsistent-testimony ineffective-assistance Ineffective-counsel Sixth-Amendment witness-testimony 1. Was I deprived of my (14th) Fourteenth Amendment of due process of a fair trial, when I pleaded with my trial attorney and the Judge Meagan Bilik-D…
22-6155 Ryan McGuire v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-trial cross-examination due-process fair-trial impeachment impeachment-evidence law-enforcement 1. Does a trial court's ruling excluding evidence at trial violate a criminal defendant's right to due process, including the rights to confront and e…
22-6083 Aaron Jay Pierce v. Utah Utah 2022-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-collection impeachment interrogation-tactics law-enforcement police-interrogation right-to-counsel self-incrimination m H'f CitdcpteAsfS 4%L*ft/VV[ c*~ were obfai^erf fmfx>lf*e. l.vfer/no^rh 'o^/ vioj^Hom erf1 Co/vstffiAfro^ ! ^4 tafesrh£~ 0/Sfr/crf~ £oti*rf~j rfn^ 5…
22-6077 William Donnell, III v. Eddie Caley, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extrinsic-evidence impeachment lead-detective right-to-present-defense trial-court-error trial-error witness-impeachment 1. Did the trial court, by prohibiting me from impeaching the lead detective with extrinsic evidence specifically contradicting his testimony on direc…
21-1294 David H. Penny v. Nancy Pelosi, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-03-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-limits first-amendment free-speech impeachment impeachment-power justiciability legislative-standing political-question-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a citizen constituent of a duly elected President have the possibility of filing a complaint with standing, subject matter jurisdiction, and just…
21-7427 William Gregory Snow v. Illinois Illinois 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence-rule excited-utterance hearsay hearsay-exception impeachment prior-consistent-statements witness-testimony Whether the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois' ruling unconstitutionally expanded the scope of the excited utterance exception to hearsay as …
21-7260 George K. Mackie v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-argument criminal-procedure impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt A. DID THE APPEALS COURT ERR IN HOLDING THAT THE ERROR-LADEN CLOSING ARGUMENT BY THE PROSECUTER, TAKEN IN ITS TOTALITY, CREATE A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF A…
21-5798 Willie Israel Navarette v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process evidence evidence-law impeachment suppression-hearing trial-testimony 1. Whether testimony from a suppression hearing may be used for impeachment purposes if a defendant testifies at trial.
21-5687 Darrell Hochhalter v. Jason Clendenion, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment confrontation-clause due-process false-evidence impeachment plain-error recent-fabrication witness-impeachment 1.) As some jurisdictions have rules regarding recent fabrication and others do not; does "recent fabrication " rise to the same significance as "fals…
20-7729 Casey Rose v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-hearing confrontation-clause cooperating-witness cross-examination due-process impeachment indiana-v-edwards self-representation witness-impeachment Whether the termination of cross-examination of a cooperating with incentives to lie prior to being able to impeach the witness violated the confronta…
20-7469 Joaquin Hernandez-Ayala v. Rene Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit clearly erred in denying Hernandez-Ayala's request for a certificate of appealability because reasonable jurists would find …
20-6045 Aaron E. Choat v. Rick Coursey, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP collateral-review exculpatory-evidence impeachment ineffective-assistance non-unanimous-jury ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-retroactivity witness-impeachment I. Whether counsel provides ineffective assistance in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution when he fails to introduce ex…
20-5065 Brett A. Bogle v. Florida Florida 2020-07-15 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation capital-punishment due-process false-evidence giglio-v-united-states giglio-violation impeachment microscopic-hair-analysis prosecutorial-misconduct scientific-evidence 1. Whether the prosecution violates Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972) and/or Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), if the prosecution pres…
19-1328 Department of Justice v. House Committee on the Judiciary District of Columbia 2020-06-01 Judgment Issued Amici (1) criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure grand-jury impeachment impeachment-trial judicial-proceeding legislative-body rule-6(e) rule-interpretation Whether an impeachment trial before a legislative body is a "judicial proceeding" under Rule 6(e)(3)(E)(i) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
19-1255 Renee Baker, Warden, et al. v. Jeff N. Rose Ninth Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied aedpa credibility criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-evidence-admissibility due-process evidence evidentiary-ruling habeas-corpus impeachment nevada-v-jackson ninth-circuit prior-acquittals state-court-review Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision violates AEDPA, given that this Court reversed the Ninth Circuit under materially similar circumstances in Nevada…
19-8222 Steven Mason v. United States District of Columbia 2020-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady brady-violation criminal-procedure disclosure due-process exculpatory exculpatory-evidence impeachment jury-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct severance trial-severance I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari to determine whether the lower courts erred in finding that the Government's very late disclosure of ext…
19-1118 Jeffrey Todd Palumbo v. Connecticut Connecticut 2020-03-12 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure criminal-testimony doyle-v-ohio due-process exculpatory-evidence first-time-account impeachment miranda-rights Miranda-warnings prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination trial-procedure uncharged-misconduct When a criminal defendant has been advised prior to trial of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 346 (1966), and then testifies at trial to …
19-6956 Thomas H. Outland v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-12-16 Denied IFP confrontation-clause credibility criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-impeachment due-process evidence evidence-rules fair-trial impeachment jury-instructions prior-convictions right-to-present-a-defense 1. DID THE NEW JERSEY STATE COURT ENDORSE THE USE OF N.J.R.E. 806 AS A VEHICLE FOR IMPEACHING NON-TESTIFYING CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS WITH THEIR PRIOR CONV…
19-6549 Jose Laureano Salgado v. United States First Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights criminal-appeal direct-appeal due-process exculpatory-evidence impeachment ongoing-disclosure pending-appeal prosecutorial-misconduct Does this Court's holding in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) require the Government to disclose, while an appeal is pending, exculpatory or impe…
19-5879 Timothy L. Joe v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment cross-examination due-process evidence evidentiary-law impeachment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel opioid-addiction police-misconduct sixth-amendment Can Florida's evidentiary laws constitutionally preclude impeachment evidence of opioid-addicted police officers?
18-9414 Donald Stewart Royce v. Florida Florida 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence impeachment law-enforcement witness witness-testimony During the Petitioner's trial one of the two victims was to be questioned by the defense about prior inconsistent statements to law enforcement for im…
18-9081 Scott Books v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP brooks-v-tennessee coerced-confession confession-suppression criminal-procedure due-process impeachment right-to-counsel self-incrimination self-incrimination-5th-amendment The district court ruled that police coerced the defendant's confession and granted defendant's motion to suppress the confession and its physical fru…
18-8880 M. A. Edwards, aka Michael Anthony Edwards v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Second Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fabricated-testimony fraud government-misconduct impeachment standing testimonial-evidence testimonial-statement Can the government tell the triers of fact that defendant confessed to murder' Isiah C Manuel, born 3/3/65, a fictitious person that does not exist to…
18-7766 Rishawn Lamar Reeder v. Cecelia Reynolds, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alibi-witnesses criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-presentation eyewitness-testimony gunshot-residue impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense surveillance-video trial-counsel witness witness-testimony Did the court erred in finding trial counsel ineffective for failing to present the Spartanburg Regional Hospital security surveillance camera video …
18-7400 Damion Sleugh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review co-defendant-testimony criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence fifth-amendment first-amendment impeachment impeachment-evidence witness-credibility Does the need for sealing a co-defendant's subpoena applications end once the co-defendant changes his plea and testifies for the Government at trial?…
18-7003 Jose Jesus Ramirez v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights congress constitutional-law due-process federal-courts impeachment separation-of-powers standing PeTitione to be impeached with four contictions in lightof the facts festified that only two Convictions Would be alloved for inmpeachant and in light…
18-698 Clement Reynolds v. Maryland Maryland 2018-11-28 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment impeachment miranda miranda-rights police-interrogation police-misconduct self-incrimination I. Was Petitioner denied Due Process of Law under the Fourteenth Amendment and the protections against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment an…
18-6847 Sergio Antonio Haro v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing government-agent-reports impeachment impeachment-of-credibility magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-plea-negotiations plea-negotiations prejudice pro-se pro-se-habeas sixth-amendment I Was the petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel based on trial counsel's failure to effectively use gover…
18-6725 Charles Wayne Bussell v. Kentucky Kentucky 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process impeachment impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-hearing post-conviction-relief postconviction-hearing sixth-amendment tainted-testimony trial-strategy witness-testimony After Petitioner was convicted of robbery and murder, the state court decided that Defense counsel's cross-examination of two critical witnesses was i…
18-6667 Khaled Elbeblawy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confession criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence impeachment impeachment-use-waiver medicare-fraud plea-agreement plea-bargaining rule-11 substantive-evidence united-states-v-mezzanatto Does the impeachment-use waiver doctrine established by the Court in United States v. Mezzanatto, 513 U.S. 196, for plea-related discussions permit th…
18-6486 In Re Steve G. Hernandez 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-material brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure cumulative-error due-process evidence-suppression impeachment ineffective-assistance perjury witness-impeachment (A) WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHEN: Trial counsel Quintino did not Investigate and Properly examine the FR…
18-313 Albon C. Diamond, III v. Florida Florida 2018-09-11 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-evidence medical-testimony sixth-amendment strategic-decisions strickland strickland-standard Whether the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of effective attorney representation in a criminal felony prosecution (applicable against the State of Florida…