consciousness-of-guilt

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6961 Stephen J. Pierre-Paul v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP co-defendant-testimony consciousness-of-guilt cooperating-witness probative-value reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement Due Process requires a criminal conviction be obtained by proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Cooperating witness testimony is admissible evidence, thoug…
19-8627 Isaac Cardenas v. Texas Texas 2020-06-05 Denied IFP burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence consciousness-of-guilt criminal-procedure due-process evidence inference inference-vs-speculation speculation WHETHER THE STATE COURT VIOLATED THE FEDERAL DUE PROCESS CLAUSE WHEN IT VENTURED INTO THE REALM OF MERE SPECULATION WHEN DECIDING AN INSUFFICIENCY OF …
19-7227 Santos Reyes-Villatoro v. United States Third Circuit 2020-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP consciousness-of-guilt due-process evidence-tampering fair-trial false-evidence giglio-v-united-states judicial-review napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial trial-fairness 1. In light of this Court's well established rulings in Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972) and Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959), as to…
19-5694 Craig Farley v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied IFP consciousness-of-guilt constitutional-rights counsel-performance criminal-trial exculpatory-evidence identification-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lack-of-identification-evidence phone-records sixth-amendment strickland-standard trial-counsel 1. Is there any reasonable argument that trial counsel satisfied the Strickland standard when he failed to introduce crucial lack of identification ev…