| 23-5089 |
Garland Bernell Harper v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson batson-challenge certificate-of-appealability equal-protection fifth-circuit habeas ineffective-assistance jury-selection peremptory-strike race-discrimination |
This case arises from the State's peremptory challenge to a Black juror which Mr. Harper challenged as purposefully discriminatory. At trial, the Bats… |
| 20-7470 |
Pablo Ramon Guerrero v. Nevada |
Nevada |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence batson critical-stage cronic due-process fundamental-fairness mccollum presumed-prejudice strickland structural-error trial-procedure |
1.) Whether a Brady/Giglio prosecutorial misconduct violation exists as a structural error, and if so, whether petitioner was denied a fundamentally f… |
| 20-5441 |
Craig Saunders v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson civil-rights constitutional-challenge cross-examination federal-procedure habeas-corpus peremptory-strikes rule-60b |
1. Whether reasonable jurists could debate that the District Court's limitation on the cross-examination of the prosecutor about objections to the use… |
| 20-5241 |
Dewoyne Curtis Potts v. John Garza |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson batson-challenge comparative-juror-analysis discriminatory-pretext juror-strike miller-el-standard miller-el-v-dretke mischaracterization-of-testimony ninth-circuit prosecutorial-bias race-based-questioning |
In this case involving a Black defendant, the prosecutor struck the sole Black juror remaining on the venire (the only other Black veniremember was st… |
| 19-7587 |
Lannon Lavar Burdunice v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acquittal batson bias character-evidence circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process evidence incomplete-jury-verdict insufficient-evidence intent-to-kill judicial-error judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-verdict prior-convictions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-be-present right-to-present-defense second-degree-murder weight-of-evidence |
1. MUST MV CONVICTION FOR SECOND DEGREE INTENTIONAL MURDER BE VACATED AND A JUDGEMENT OF ACQUITTAL ENTERED INSTEAD WHERE THE JURY'S GUILTY VERDICT GOE… |
| 19-7204 |
Eric Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
batson certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal strickland |
SHOULD PETITIONERS NOTICE OF APPEAL HAVE BEEN CONSTRUED AS A REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ON GROUNDS 1-12 AND 14-15, AND WAS FAILURE TO … |
| 18-9339 |
Anthony Dajuan Yates v. California |
California |
2019-05-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure disparate-impact equal-protection juror-selection jury-selection peremptory-challenge peremptory-challenges race-neutral-explanation racial-profiling |
I. Does a prosecutor's peremptory challenge of a prospective African-American juror based on the juror's perception of racial profiling by law enforce… |
| 18-7981 |
Santos Peter Murillo, aka Peter Santos Murillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson batson-hearing civil-rights discrimination first-amendment fourth-amendment jury-selection public-trial sixth-amendment standing triviality-exception warrantless-search |
1. Is there a "triviality " exception to the First Amendment's and Sixth Amendment's public trial requir ement, and, if so, was a hearing regarding Go… |
| 18-7194 |
Brandon Lee Colbert v. California |
California |
2018-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson batson-challenge impartial-jury jury-selection peremptory-challenge police-misconduct race-neutral race-neutral-reason sixth-amendment |
A United States Department of Justice investigation concluded that law enforcement in defendant's community systemically engages in racist police prac… |
| 18-6919 |
Marcelo Joel Santos-Cordero v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
batson batson-challenge circuit-split civil-rights discriminatory-intent due-process equal-protection judicial-review jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination |
Following a remand, must a trial court that is retrospectively analyzing whether a peremptory strike violated Batson's prohibition against discriminat… |
| 18-6286 |
Lisa Jo Chamberlin v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2)IFP |
batson batson-v-kentucky civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination |
1. Whether a court reviewing a Batson claim may consider reasons distinguishing stricken jurors from those accepted by the prosecutor when the disting… |
| 18-5271 |
Roger W. Murray v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
batson batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection mitigation-evidence ninth-circuit racial-discrimination voir-dire |
1. Whether the Arizona courts unreasonably applied Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) and unreasonably determined the constitutionally significant… |