confrontation-rights

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25-7082 DeVon J. Tucker v. United States District of Columbia 2026-03-23 Pending Response WaivedIFP body-worn-camera-evidence confrontation-rights due-process-clause impeachment-evidence right-to-present-defense rule-of-completeness 1. Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when a criminal defendant is impeached with selected portions of a body-worn-camera recording that he ha…
25-6362 Dan Ioan Belc v. Florida Florida 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-rights due-process ineffective-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-discretion Six (6) District Anems of Prosecution Misconduct Alleged [Cumulative Effect Amount to Fundamentally Undermine Possibility of Getting a Fair Trial in W…
25-494 Christopher A. Rogalski v. Pennsylvania Department of Education, et al. Pennsylvania 2025-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-discipline burden-of-proof confrontation-rights due-process educators-rights first-amendment 1. Do educators have the basic First Amendment right to communicate with their students free of a presumption that by doing so they are engaged in "…
25-5864 Rodney E. Barnett v. Arkansas Arkansas 2025-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-writ brady-violation confrontation-rights due-process ends-of-justice witness-perjury 1. Does the "ends of justice " doctrine warrant abuse of writ defense by state be excused in this Sept. 4,2025 Arkansas Supreme Court Order? 2. Did …
25-5807 Tamatha Lynn Melom v. Stone County, Mississippi Mississippi 2025-10-06 Denied IFP confrontation-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias sixth-amendment 1. Whether the seizure, destruction, and permanent transfer of a citizen's lawfully owned dogs, based on untested hearsay, without production of polic…
24-1257 Martin Akerman v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2025-06-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-law automated-enforcement confrontation-rights due-process fifth-amendment procedural-irregularities • Whether the use of automated systems like "Speed Camera Doe" for issuing citations without human oversight violates procedural due process protec…
24-7173 Terrell Perkins v. Gregory Hancock, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-05-12 Denied IFP child-witness confrontation-rights constitutional-procedure courtroom-testimony defendant-presence emotional-distress Whether a defendant's confrontation rights under Craig, are violated when a court permits a minor child witness to testify outside the defendant's pre…
23-7774 Pablo Santana Arellano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-21 Denied IFP co-conspirator-testimony co-conspirators confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure sentencing-agreements sixth-amendment witness-bias Whether, under the Sixth Amendment to the United State Constitution, defendants may be prohibited from asking cooperating witnesses, and former co-con…
23-1256 Donna Davis Javitz v. Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-30 Denied civil-rights confrontation confrontation-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel first-amendment-retaliation free-speech judicial-misconduct mistrial trial-fairness 1. Whether the Petitioner was denied the constitutional right to a fair trial in a First Amendment retaliation case when the judge: (1) struck Petitio…
23A1001 Amadi Sosa v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2024-05-09 Presumed Complete co-defendant confrontation-rights due-process perjury severance trial-procedure Question not identified.
23A847 Richard Alan Costanzo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-03-19 Presumed Complete abuse-of-discretion confrontation-rights criminal-procedure federal-rule hearsay-evidence probation-revocation Question not identified.
23-6887 Brenda B. v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2024-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-credibility hearsay-rules witness-credibility witness-testimony *Tb \ not have (X nc\v\V to Confront a\\ alltcjfd voi+ness? • v^o \ not have a rio^t Vo ut o\\ alleged axdwee? •D«\V I hcux, a dtjVfr to Q full and Pa…
23-5203 Ronald Marion Carpenter v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights credibility criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health-records THIS PETITION PRESENTS NOVEL QUESTIONS OF LAW, THE RESOLUTION OF WHICH WILL DEVELOP THE LAW AND HAVE NATIONWIDE IMPACT, WHILE ESTABLISHING A NEEDED AN…
22-7400 Maurice Morrison v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment judicial-protection jury-deliberations jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-evidence A person accused of a crime is entitled to have his guilt or innocence determined solely on the basis of evidence introduced at trial. Taylor v. Kentu…
22-6731 Lamon Demetrus Wright v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation confrontation-rights due-process evidence-admissibility federal-courts good-cause good-cause-standard hearsay hearsay-reliability reliability supervised-release What manner of hearsay should be considered "reliable" when federal courts decide whether the government has established "good cause" to deny confront…
22-6622 Marvin Eduardo Luna Gomez v. Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights confrontation confrontation-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus prison-disciplinary-proceedings standing wolfe-v-mcdonnell Question not identified.
22-5550 Corey Bailey v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting confrontation-clause confrontation-rights fair-trial jury-impartiality racketeering-enterprise rico-conspiracy vicar-convictions warrant-exception I. A. Did the government prove beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of a racketeering enterprise, a necessary element for all of the charges, when …
22-5471 Tremain Lamar Braxton, Timothy Roy Mason, and Darrell Lee-Lamont Summers, II v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-sexual-conduct criminal-trial cross-examination evidence-exclusion incentive-to-testify sixth-amendment witness-credibility Whether a defendant's Sixth Amendment confrontation rights are violated when a trial court bars all cross-examination about events that concededly too…
22-155 Hiral M. Patel v. Connecticut Connecticut 2022-08-18 Denied Response Waived bourjaily-v-united-states confrontation-clause confrontation-rights crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure davis-v-washington due-process dutton-v-evans evidence-admission michigan-v-bryant penal-interest testimonial-statement Whether a statement against penal interest— e made by an inmate/declarant who was moved into the cell of an inmate/informant, who was then outfitted …
21-7943 Anthony Gerald Wernsman v. Colorado Colorado 2022-05-23 Denied IFP colorado-courts confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process harmless-error self-incrimination witness-intoxication WHETHER THE COLORADO COURTS WRONGLY CONCLUDED THAT A DENIAL OF CROSS-EXAMINATION ON WITNESSES INTOXICATION DID NOT IMPLICATE PETITIONER 'S CONFRONTATI…
21-7290 James L. Caudle v. Florida Florida 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights constitutional-protections cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-parte-communication impartial-jury life-imprisonment presumption-of-innocence I. Whether the fight to due process of law has been denied by State courts allowing the State to evade addressing whether the right to confront the on…
21-7025 Derrick Garrell Samuels v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-composition jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination sixth-amendment Should a writ of certiorari been granted to determine if Samuel's Fifth Amendment rights were violated when he was forced to proceed to trial as the o…
21-6374 Howard Paul Guidry v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-rights exculpatory-evidence fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default racial-discrimination Whether the Fifth Circuit, in this appeal of the denial of a certificate of appealability, improperly addressed the merits of the habeas claims rather…
21-6275 David Wayne Dooley v. Kentucky Kentucky 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-v-youngblood burden-of-proof civil-procedure confrontation-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-spoliation separation-of-witnesses state-action 1. Is Due Process violated when a criminal defendant must bear the burden of showing bad faith in order to be entitled to a missing evidence instructi…
21-6173 Rotimi Salu v. New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs New York 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-adjudication administrative-law confrontation confrontation-rights credibility due-process employment-law hearsay hearsay-evidence witness-credibility Does it violate due process of law for a state agency to routinely adjudicate accusations of wrongdoing on hearsay evidence alone (in over 95 percent …
21-6163 Gerard M. Lynch v. New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs New York 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-adjudication confrontation-clause confrontation-rights credibility-of-witnesses due-process hearsay-evidence occupational-debarment state-agency worker-rights The Respondent "Justice Center," a New York State agency, has a standard practice of routinely allowing uncorroborated hearsay evidence —for example, …
20-8099 Joseph Reinwand v. Susan Novak, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment testimonial-statements 1. Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Failed to Apply the Law on Deceased out-of-court testimonial Statements by a Non-testifying Witness. T…
20-8054 Joseph Reinwand v. Susan Novak, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Failed to apply the Law Deceased out-of-court testimonial Statements by a Non-testifying Witness. Ther…
20-5818 Tyrone Johnston v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP autopsy certificate-of-appeal circuit-split confrontation-clause confrontation-rights constitutional-provisions district-court due-process habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason third-circuit DID THE THIRD CIRCUIT ERR IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEAL ("COA") BASED UPON A FAILURE TO SHOW ENTITLEMENT TO RELIEF, DESPITE SATISFYING THE REQUIR…
20-5536 Joseph Scott McKinney v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-defense due-process evidence evidence-exclusion rape-shield rape-shield-law sixth-amendment The Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant's meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense. As of now, the Court has not directly address…
20-5483 Dion Black v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-rights cross-examination double-inference-rule effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sufficiency-of-evidence Should the petitioner have been granted a certificate of appealability where the State courtS/U.S. District Court and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals d…
19-1405 Matthew Jacobson v. Butterfly Blaise, et al. New York 2020-06-23 Denied Response Waived confrontation-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial fundamental-fairness privilege-and-immunities public-university student-disciplinary-proceeding student-discipline Whether the Due Process, Equal Protection and Privilege and Immunities Clauses of the United States Constitution, and the Constitutional Guarantees of…
19-8577 Shane Roscoe v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation confrontation-right confrontation-rights due-process forfeiture-by-wrongdoing hearsay hearsay-statements ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-credibility I. Petitioner Shane Roscce's conviction rested upon and. was upheld by the State Appellate and Federal Habeas Courts based on the testimonial hearsay…
19-7927 Jay Allen Newcomb v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-rights double-jeopardy due-process oral-pronouncement sentencing sentencing-conflict written-judgment 1. Is the 11th Circuit's conclusion that "any error the sentencing court made in orally pronouncing [Petitioner's] sentence was corrected by the writt…
19-6063 William Alexander v. New York New York 2019-09-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chambers-v-mississippi confrontation-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility eyewitness-testimony misidentification photographic-evidence Whether Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973), and its progeny require the admission of reliable photographic evidence of what an accused was w…
19-5712 Ivan Lee Vasquez v. California California 2019-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-rights content-based-messaging fair-trial fourteenth-amendment inherently-prejudicial sixth-amendment trial-spectator-conduct 1. May trial spectator conduct, in the form of content-based messaging, be "'so inherently prejudicial as to pose an unacceptable threat'" to the fair…
19-5481 Jomo Williams v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-rule-of-evidence fifth-amendment jury sixth-amendment 1) Were Petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment due process rights obliterated where the district court, not only permitted the prosecution to insert i…
19-5256 Anthony J. Livingstone v. United States Armed Forces 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process military-justice military-rules-of-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment special-victims-counsel 1. Was the 6th Amendment right to confront witnesses violated due to a misapplication of MRE 412 by the military judge? 2. Did the prosecutor prejudi…
18-9328 Diego Portocarrero Valencia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-rights criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process high-seas-offense jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing stateless-vessel 1. Is the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA") unconstitutional because no minimum contacts between the accused and the United States are requi…
18-9030 Juan Reyes Rivera v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied IFP confrontation-rights constructive-amendment due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-clause indictment ineffective-assistance 1. Did trial counsel render ineffective assistance for failure to quash or dismiss Constructive Amended Indictment, amended by the trial court on thir…
18-1342 Andrew Ndubisi Ucheomumu v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2019-04-25 Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline brady-v-maryland in-re-ruffalo quasi-criminal willner-v-committee 14th-amendment attorney-disciplinary-proceeding attorney-discipline brady-disclosure confrontation confrontation-rights due-process in-re-ruffalo prosecutorial-misconduct willner-v-committee 1. Whether the State of Maryland violated Petitioner's 14th Amendment due process rights in an attorney disciplinary proceeding resulting in Petitione…
18-8570 Damien Preston v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-decisions confrontation-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-violation harmless-error ineffective-assistance jury-determination prejudice sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington THE QUESTIONS PRESENTED WAS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS THREE JUDGE PANEL, MADE A PRECEDENTIAL DECISION, THAT THE PETITI…
18-6597 Jazsmine Arielle Joseph v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof child-trafficking confrontation-clause confrontation-rights conspiracy conspiracy-charge domestic-violence expert-testimony sex-trafficking DID THE LOWER COURT ERR IN ITS DECISION, AS IT RELATES TO WHAT IS REQUIRED TO PROVE A CONSPIRACY CHARGE IN THE SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD COUNT AND §2…