Prosecution

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7328 Carroll Wayne Haynes v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights consent-decree department-of-justice due-process federal-court prosecution Question not identified.
22-6749 Robert L. Harrington v. James Corrigan, Warden Michigan 2023-02-10 Denied IFP arbitrary-prosecution civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction prosecution standing trial-judgment 1. MICH4SAM C£SA5ANt?J0K ©F TRIALS JIMt&MENT KitT^MT OlSTfttiC.T C3?* £.mOO!/£R ®f AMY eH&ft&E a&Ky HI£H.£ITIZ£US OF COLfSfiriaf PKOtl&% RIGim^F JW .4…
22-721 Damian McElrath v. Georgia Georgia 2023-02-02 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (7) acquittal criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy fifth-amendment jury-verdict prosecution repugnant-verdict repugnant-verdicts The Georgia Supreme Court held that a jury's verdict of acquittal on one criminal charge and its verdict of guilty on a different criminal charge aris…
21-1297 Clare Therese Grady, Carmen Trotta, and Martha Hennessy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-25 Denied circuit-split criminal-prosecution free-exercise government-burden government-burden-of-proof least-restrictive-means prosecution religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act rfra sincerely-held-beliefs Petitioners, Catholic anti-nuclear activists, engaged in "symbolic disarmament" by damaging and spray painting facilities on a nuclear submarine base,…
21-6759 Darla Ray Jones v. D. K. Johnson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-defendant criminal-threats drug-possession due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel forgery habeas-corpus prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct On de novo review, is a criminal defendant deprived of the effective assistance of counsel because of her lawyer's conflict of interest when, at the t…
21-5162 Andrew Cox v. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Third Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP abandonment civil-procedure communications due-process prosecution standing I. Does 2* VfcC HSSfr) fcyitt cfcs<yU^W W\V\« vV\a^ 5et.uV^ ex ^ CoW\vA\)A\ttvV\'oAS W\Wv YW v*\\tA S\ovVe5 'Vf> \Vj-vv\oaVU OvVacIomAwV o? ^c^cvAaYm …
20-8212 Dany L. Brandao v. United States First Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fourth-amendment home home-search narcotics narcotics-prosecution probable-cause prosecution search search-and-seizure vehicle 1. Should certiorari be granted where the police violated the Fourth Amendment to the United States constitution when, in a narcotics prosecution, the…
20-6348 William J. O'Brien, III v. United States Third Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process free-speech law-enforcement procedural-error prosecution standing takings (1) LE tA Gasirvpvte Violv bord ok Dut Paces f, , tke govenneobs TPosecu fot AS pgeok, va LIE non A veo d yor, MATA BUIQEN CE Kartwed 4h perjoredy & o…
20-6154 Roderick Perez-Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process plea-bargaining prosecution united-states-constitution Whether Subsequent Prosecution of Conspiracies Violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution when Both Conspiracies Operate Und…
20-5999 Sonya Porter v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuous-crime criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment plea-bargaining prosecution welfare-fraud Where a state criminal rule allows for dismissal of a case on the merits rather than via conviction or acquittal, is this sufficient to trigger protec…
20-5519 Richard Wanke v. Illinois Illinois 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arrest arrest-initiation conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process prosecution prosecutorial-delay public-defender speedy-trial APPELLATE DISTRICT COURTS IN ILLINOIS ARE SPLIT ON HOW AN ARREST INITIATES PROSECUTION OR WHETHER IT DOES AT ALL. ARE THERE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A PERS…
19-7917 Isaac Feldman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP antisemitic-reference antisemitism appellate-review conspiracy conspiracy-prosecution criminal-procedure double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause jury-verdict prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Where a jury returns a final verdict on a charge of conspiracy, finding a defendant guilty of only one of multiple charged offense objects, is the …
19-7403 Theodore C. Shove v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP capital-case constitutional-rights criminal-violations due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus judicial-oath law-enforcement prosecution state-constitution state-court-judgment state-exhaustion statutory-demand us-constitution 1. Judgment based upon criminal violations of State and United States Constitutions and Laws, by Law Enforcement, Prosecution; Qualify for Habeas Corp…
19-6709 Adam L. Acosta v. Colorado Colorado 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-35 disclosure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-new-trial new-trial prosecution rule-16 rule-16-disclosure rule-33 rule-33-motion-for-new-trial rule-35 Whether the Court of Appeals misconstrued Rule 35(c)(3)(VII), Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedure, in declining to consider a claim of ineffective as…
19-6484 In Re John Harry Steele 2019-11-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment arrest constitutional-violation conviction-review criminal-statute due-process procedural-fairness prosecution unfairness 1) Was the Petitioner denied due process of law,in Wolation of the 14 Amendment toy The circumstance thal the feditiones conviction was affirmed vnle…
19-5146 Isiah Edward Gilliam v. Michigan Michigan 2019-07-11 Denied IFP discovery discovery-violation due-process fair-trial habitual-offender ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions mistrial prior-convictions prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense WAS MR. GILLIAM DENIED DUE PROCESS AND A FAIR TRIAL WHEN THE PROSECUTION FAILED TO PROVIDE TIMELY DISCOVERY AS REQUIRED? WAS MR. GILLIAM DENIED THE R…
18-9119 Kirby Gardner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure custody-control double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause evidence full-faith-and-credit-clause full-faith-credit judicial-review liberty-interest parole prosecution re-imprisonment retrospective-forfeiture statutory-interpretation #1: WHETHER THE FULL,FAITH, CREDIT CLAUSE : DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAUSE PROHIBITS THE STATE OF TEXAS FROM REPROSECUTING : REIMPRISONING MODI SON JO I SO YH…
18-8456 Roberto Miramontes Roman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP 18-USC-924(c)(1)(A) acquittal conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy Double-Jeopardy-Clause drug-trafficking due-process federal-prosecution Firearm-Possession firearm-statute Prosecution state-court-acquittal state-federal-prosecution statutory-interpretation 1. Did it violate the Double Jeopardy Clause for the United States to prosecute Mr. Roman for the same offense and conduct for which he was acquitted …
18-7824 John C. Killingbeck v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights computer-search digital-privacy due-process first-amendment free-speech government-search internet-forums internet-speech interstate-commerce prosecution search-and-seizure standing title-28-usc Question not identified.
18-5966 Joseph Faulkner v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy fifth-amendment law-of-case-doctrine law-of-the-case prosecution sentencing sentencing-enhancement uncharged-conduct witte-v-united-states (1) Whether the use of uncharged conduct to increase a sentence means the conduct was used to punish, and a subsequent prosecution for the same conduc…