absurdity-doctrine
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-721 | Jordan Shaun Rodgers v. Texas | Texas | 2025-01-10 | Denied | absurdity-doctrine criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law jackson-v-virginia statutory-interpretation | Whether Texas courts are applying the "absurdity doctrine" in a manner that violates due process? Whether Jackson v. Virginia tolerates inferences ba… | |
| 18-7961 | David Martinko v. New Hampshire | New Hampshire | 2019-02-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | absurdity-doctrine battery battery-continuous-course-of-conduct continuous-course-of-conduct criminal-offense criminal-offenses criminal-offenses-absurdity-doctrine-legislative-s criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review legal-doctrine legislative-supremacy statutory-interpretation | I. Should the "Absurdity Doctrine" be limited or abandoned in criminal offenses altogether in order to protect legislative supremacy? II. When states… |