berger-standard

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-8827 David McShan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP berger-standard berger-v-united-states criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-fabrication jury-bias nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing trial-fairness I. Where the government's case against a defendant is extremely weak, does the prosecutor's persistent misconduct during trial by making improper insi…
18-6524 Brian Thomas, aka O'Brian A. Thomas, aka Thomas A. O'Brian v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-standard berger-standard berger-v-united-states berger-v-us due-process fair-trial fifth-circuit harmless-error judicial-review jury-bias jury-misconduct procedural-violation prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review WHETHER THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURTS VIOLATED BERGER V !JS AFTER IT CONCEDED THAT THE VIOLATIONS HAD OCCURED BUT DECIDING THAT IT WAS "IMPLAUSIBLE THAT IT…
18-492 David Souza v. California California 2018-10-17 Denied Response Waived berger-standard berger-v-united-states constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment napue-v-illinois napue-violation preliminary-hearing pretrial-proceedings prosecutorial-misconduct Does it violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the holding in Berger v. United States, 295 U.S.…