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24A471 Kayne Russell Donath v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-11-12 Presumed Complete certiorari conviction eighth-circuit federal-judiciary sentencing supreme-court-rules Question not identified.
24-105 Boris Kotlyarsky v. Department of Justice, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights conviction criminal-plea criminal-procedure due-process evidence habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review procedural-safeguards In the context of habeas corpus, would it constitute a breach of due process to convict a defendant in a criminal proceeding, despite clear evidence d…
24-5151 Tyrone Scott Cameron v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-decision constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearms-regulation new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment united-states-v-jackson united-states-v-rahimi PETITIONER'S CONVICTION VIOLATES HIS SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS AND POSSESS AMMUNITION AS EXPANDED BY THE COURT IN New York State Rifle & Pi…
24-14 James R. Zuegel v. Marco Garcia, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-claim conviction conviction-challenge probation section-1983 spencer-v-kemna standing Does this Court's opinion in Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1 (1998), permit an individual, who has completed his probation, to pursue a 42 U.S.C. section…
24A14 Kenneth W. Blair v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-09 Presumed Complete certiorari conviction eighth-circuit haines-standard jurisdiction pro-se Question not identified.
23-7747 Keith Hager v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rule-60b6 conviction conviction-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process judicial-correction legal-procedure sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Does Federal Civil Rule 60(b)(6) empower the judiciary to correct a conviction and ensuing sentence for conduct not criminalized by the statute in …
23-7597 William Hill v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-05-30 Denied IFP appellate-court appellate-review california-v-champman constitutional-review conviction conviction-reversal due-process first-amendment harmless-error trial-procedure When an appellate court concludes that a conviction for one offense violated the First Amendment, is the appellate court required to apply the harmles…
23-7438 Anthony Espinosa Gonzales v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review computer-generated-evidence conviction court-of-appeals due-process evidence evidence-authentication evidentiary-standards federal-rule-of-evidence-901(b)(9) federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-procedure Did the court of appeals' ratification of the use of computer-generated evidence to convict petitioner represent a clear departure from the requiremen…
23A498 Michael Alan Welker v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-01 Presumed Complete certiorari conviction eighth-circuit extension petition sentence Question not identified.
23-6097 Montrez Duncan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-vindictiveness conviction criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing unconstitutional Is a court constitutionally vindictive in violation of due process when, after it vacates the conviction and mandatory-consecutive sentence on a count…
23-6077 Royal Douglas Robinson v. Texas Texas 2023-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-amendment constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-evidence forensic-misconduct medical-examiner scientific-evidence If the state conceded that its medical examiner falsified evidence in the autopsy procedure of several cases, then Robinson discovered that the same e…
23A406 Sylvester Cunningham v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-06 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari conviction eighth-circuit federal-public-defender sentencing Question not identified.
23-5949 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP charges civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-provisions conviction court-review due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure notice petition writ Question not identified.
22-7812 Miguel A. Cisneros v. Trent Allen, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-06-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-procedure jury-instructions legal-standing Question not identified.
22-7494 Floyd Ellis Wyche v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver conviction conviction-appeal criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining plea-colloquy rule-11 sentencing Rule 11(b)(1)(N) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure requires that a district court conducting a plea colloquy inquire into the defendant's kno…
22-7144 In Re David Priester 2023-03-29 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights conviction counsel-representation due-process extraordinary-writ federal-constitutional ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment trial Does the Sixth Amendment require the Assistance of and from counsel be appointed? A Federal and Constitutional matter effecting five trial(s). And see…
22-6748 John Paul Holland v. Kansas Kansas 2023-02-10 Denied IFP civil-rights conviction due-process evidence federal-constitution liberty Question not identified.
22-6658 Wade Bonk v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal circuit-court-ruling conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion leadership-role retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement Did the District Court err by refusing to apply the Seventh Circuit's ruling in U.S. v. Carnell retroactively since Petitioner's conviction was not fi…
22-6477 Claudius English, aka Jay Barnes, aka Brent English v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction conviction-challenge due-process dunn-v-united-states fifth-amendment indictment indictment-theory interstate-commerce jury kidnapping-statute Whether the lower courts' affirmance of English's conviction on the basis of a theory not charged in the indictment or argued to the jury and advanced…
22-550 Carlos Jackson v. Mississippi Mississippi 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) competency conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-inquiry retroactivity sentence state-courts void-conviction I. WHETHER THE RETROACTIVITY RULE FOR CRIMINAL PROCEDURE APPLIES TO THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. II. WHETHER THE FAILURE TO MAKE A COMPETENCY INQUIRY WH…
22-376 Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky Metropolitan Government, et al. v. Johnetta Carr Sixth Circuit 2022-10-21 Denied Amici (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-action conviction criminal-conviction due-process habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey pardon section-1983 In 1994, this Court held that an individual convicted of a crime may not bring a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim unless "the conviction or sentence has been re…
22-366 County of Sonoma, California, et al. v. Gabbi Lemos Ninth Circuit 2022-10-19 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights comity conviction excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-preclusion section-1983 Does Heck's "necessarily imply" standard bar a § 1983 suit only if, as some circuit courts have held, success would "necessarily require" plaintiff to…
22-5850 Justin Michael Fenney v. Tracy Beltz, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied IFP 2253-statute 28-usc-2253 appellate-relief certificate-of-appealability conviction factual-support federal-court-review habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-jurists 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § about the denial of relief where there remains no factual support for…
22-5775 William Robert Bramscher v. California California 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights conviction criminal-appeal first-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel 1. HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO ADVOCATE THAT I AM INNOCENT OF ANY CHARGED OF CONVICTED CRIME(S)? 2. AN APPEAL ATTORNEY CANNOT CONCEDE GUILT IN …
22-5641 Jay Eugene Reed v. United States Third Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP charging-instrument constitutional-rights conviction due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-reasonableness sixth-amendment Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit violated the Fifth and Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution by allowing an i…
22-5561 Terrance Brooks v. Illinois Illinois 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court appellate-review conviction due-process judicial-review napue-standard napue-v-illinois perjured-testimony perjury prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-likelihood Whether The Appellate Court of Illinois rejection of Mr. Brooks assertion of knowing use of perjured testimony to obtain a conviction had a reasonable…
22-5108 Zachery Keesee v. Arkansas Arkansas 2022-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP arkansas-statute arkansas-supreme-court capital-murder conviction due-process first-impression nonjurisdictional-argument separation-of-powers 1. Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court violated due process by affirming Keesee's capital-murder conviction based on a nonjurisdictional argument that …
21-8261 Elgin Z. Haynie v. Ohio Ohio 2022-06-29 Denied IFP appeal conviction due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation sentencing own faulty pro se representation.
21-7330 Japher Yosuf Rajab v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute law-enforcement mens-rea non-existent-victim statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422 (b) authorizes a conviction based on an imaginary, non-existent victim. Whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C.…
21-7284 Jesus Ruiz v. Louis Williams, II, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence conviction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus section-2241 section-2255 sentence statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a new statutory interpretation from this Court allows a federal prisoner to redress the legality of his conviction or sentence pursuant to …
21-7000 Dominic Dean Adams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conviction conviction-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-error sentencing standard-of-review Did the court of appeals err in affirming Mr. Adams' conviction?
21-6826 Todd Stands Alone v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied Amici (1)IFP assault circuit-split common-law-assault conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law federal-statute statutory-interpretation Is common-law simple assault an essential element of § 111(b)?
21-6452 Donnell Murray v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conviction count-one criminal-procedure davis insufficient-evidence jury-instruction predicate-acts racketeering trial-errors 1. Whether Murray's conviction on Count One should be reversed because there is insufficient evidence after Davis that the jury found two or more pred…
21-6319 Eric Martinez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conviction crime federal-law probation sentencing state-law When federal law compels the use of state law to define and punish crime, and the state allows probation in lieu of a conviction, does federal law als…
21-6234 Edward Stain v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conviction crimes-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense section-924c shepard-documents statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner Stain asks this Court to address whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is unconstitutional when the Shepard documents do not cle…
21-5772 Charles Eason v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court armed-career-criminal-act chemical constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-procedure drug-classification drug-manufacturing remand sentencing-enhancement serious-drug statutory-interpretation I. When the Appellate Court Interprets"Promotion" Of A Chimical that "Could" be used to Manufacture as a "Serious Drug" is Remand Required ? II. If…
21-5537 John Creech v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materiality brady-v-maryland conviction criminal-procedure defense-strategy disclosure due-process evidence-disclosure litigation-strategy materiality prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-circuit Is evidence material for purposes of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), if its disclosure would affect defense litigation strategy?
21-5365 Mark Lee Wilkinson v. Siobhan Burtlow, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conviction conviction-challenge habeas-corpus new-judgment petition-filing sentence statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation successive-petitions time-limitation Whether, consistent with this Court's holdings in Burton v. Stewart, 549 U.S. 147 (2007), an intervening new judgment between two habeas petitions res…
21-5286 Gerald M. Calmese v. Arizona Arizona 2021-08-04 Denied IFP conviction criminal-indictment double-jeopardy due-process essential-elements fraudulent-schemes indictment legal-sufficiency multiplicity sentencing-error Is there legally sufficient evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the required element for fraudulent schemes for which the petitioner was c…
21-5235 Vincent Holton v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conviction criminal-procedure due-process entrapment jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing 1. Whether t he District Court Wrongly Denied Petitioner's Request for a Jury Instruction on Entrapment ? 2. Whether t he Court Erred by Allowing the…
21-5106 Logan Viquesney v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-instructions legal-sufficiency notice state-offense sufficiency-of-evidence 1) Can the Court sustain a conviction when a required underlined State offense is not charged in the indictment?
21-43 Moe M. Al-Dolemy v. Michigan Michigan 2021-07-13 Denied appellate-review conviction conviction-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-error michigan-court-of-appeals record-contradiction record-evidence Did the Michigan Court of Appeals commit reversible error through issuing a opinion affirming Petitioner 's conviction where the opinion is contradict…
20-8067 In Re Jeremiah Ybarra 2021-05-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights conviction due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN'S FIFTH-AMENDMENT VIOLATED WHEN HIS CASE IS NOT PRESENTED TO A GRAND JURY TO GAIN AN INDICTMENT ON THE ALLEGED OFFENSE? DOES A…
20-7801 Cody Lee Herman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP and sentencing stages plea constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-stage plea-stages pro-se-objections right-to-counsel sentence sentencing sentencing-stage A. Whether Petitioner's Right to the Effective Assistance of Counsel Was Violated During the Pretrial and Plea Stages of this Case Requiring That Peti…
20-1369 Mohammed Jabateh v. United States Third Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied appellate-review conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-criminal-rule federal-criminal-rule-52(b) plain-error plain-error-rule sentencing statutory-construction Does the plain error rule permit affirmance of a federal criminal conviction and sentence based on conduct that concededly does not violate the charge…
20-7594 Rashawn Donnell Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal conviction criminal-procedure due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation mcorrecmu 954^ &f\d despiVe ■btac hbldtr^S Aft liy, \f. Do^lS ySci HS5 (_5* tirca^^ -^cd - u)trt aP-Pirm-ed by lid. v. T)a>/is . 1SS S. C4-53^
20-7475 Corry Jessie v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction enhancement extraneous-offense felony relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines I. Did the district court err when it applied a 4- level enhancement for "in connection with another felony offense" based on a finding that a prior, …
20-7300 Robbull Bryant v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plain-error rehaif rehaif-error second-circuit standing Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred, in violation of U.S. Const. V and VI and this Court's decision in Rehaif when it denied Bryant's co…
20-1131 James C. Dimora v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied Response Waived bribery conviction criminal-conviction due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions lawful-conduct legal-error official-act statutory-interpretation Whether a McDonnell error—i.e., defining the element of "official act" overbroadly in bribery counts and thereby enabling a jury to wrongly conclude t…
20-7087 Brian James Holland v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2241 conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency force-definition statutory-interpretation witness-credibility i) What is the definition of the term force Under Statute 18. USCS. 2241? What is the proper Criminal law and procedure used to determine sufficient e…
20-6967 Justin Loper v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge conviction crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL WHERE THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCE WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE HOBBS ACT ROBBERY IS NOT A…
20-6591 Jose Delores Vanegas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights conviction due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct remand I WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE . PETITIONER'S CLAIMS WITHOUT CONDUCTING THE PROPER SPECIFIC FACT-FINDINGS …
20-6519 Julian Mondragon-Hernandez, aka David Rojas, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-elements conviction criminal-procedure factual-findings judicial-fact-finding judicial-review jury-instructions jury-verdict mandatory-minimum-sentences mandatory-minimums sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence When a jury verdict allows for alternative elements of conviction, may courts review the evidence and make factual findings to uphold the conviction a…
20-6460 Reginald Hollie v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-offense interstate-commerce jury-trial plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether, in cases charged and tried to a jury before this Court decided Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), courts of appeals may rely…
20-5944 In Re Gerald M. Calmese 2020-10-07 Denied IFP constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus identity-theft jurisdiction sixth-amendment 1. Was the Eidere tresrs toblishThe "Anoter Person. in RDiRn Ent of Pantiff which The LAS COnUCED of Lakno thie I 2 2. Ds the cot betore which the Pe…
20-292 John Pinder v. Scott Crowther, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-testimony federal-courts judicial-review prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct state-courts Whether Due Process is violated when a prosecutor relies on false testimony to secure a conviction but did not know that the testimony was false until…
20-5342 Rigoberto Avila, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2020-08-13 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-standard conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-testimony innocence post-trial-developments post-trial-review scientific-evidence 1. Does a conviction violate the Due Process Clause if a key part of the prosecution's case was scientific evidence that later developments have prove…
19-8765 Tizazu F. Arega v. Lisa L. Sadler, Judge, et al. Ohio 2020-06-19 Denied IFP 14th-amendment conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-review jury-instructions jury-misconduct legal-sufficiency sexual-intercourse trial-procedure verdict-validity PFrTTrSSp^t™ nl intercourse and the jury returned verdict findingSS 1KHSMafaSy 0™88 SS-HH 1™ THE JUHY HAD MOT BHM
19-8482 Graylin Gray v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction district-court due-process habeas-corpus judgment judgment-of-conviction petition-for-writ procedural-error sentence state-custody Mr. Gray alleged that he is in state custody "pursuant to" a sentence/ not pursuant to "the" (e.g. one) judgment/ which includes both the conviction a…
19-8319 Tarvares James Watson v. Florida Florida 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-challenge wrongful-conviction WHETHER PETITIONER'S CONVICTION RESULTED IN THE CONVICTION OF ONE WHO IS ACTUALLY INNOCENT?
19-8269 Stella Rae James v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1791 conviction criminal-statute due-process federal-correctional-facilities federal-correctional-facility federal-criminal-law inmate-contraband possession possession-law statutory-interpretation Whether due process requires the government to establish actual or constructive possession of a prohibited object in order to sustain a conviction und…
19-8240 Richard Valentini v. United States First Circuit 2020-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction criminal-statute extortion hobbs-act personal-gain property-deprivation property-transfer statutory-interpretation third-party third-party-transfer 1) Does a conviction for violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1951(b)(2) require not only that a victim be deprived of his or her property, but a…
19-8234 Eric J. Davis v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden Ohio 2020-04-09 Denied IFP conviction court-jurisdiction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-finality petition-construction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment (1) Whether there can be a finality of judgement of conviction rendered against a criminal defendant, where the criminal court lacked Subject Matter j…
19-7969 Embery J. McBride v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights conviction cruel-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-trial fraud fundamental-fairness indictment-challenge ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection presentment sentencing special-presentment standing WHETHER THE COURT SHOULD GRANT THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ON THE FOLLOWING Q…
19-7973 Quincy Chisolm v. Maryland Maryland 2020-03-12 Denied IFP appeal civil-rights conspiracy conviction criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder judicial-discretion mitigating-circumstances murder sentencing trial-court-error in s4/'6'cx-f -fAc_ -fhoAaf £&n 5p*ro-ci>j -fo nouirMr ^ 6>/n/nf4- murder ir\ */Ae fiirs^ deyrc-e, ' cm^Un -b •lUyJ WWe./* -/-Ac- dnio.1 ^oo>rt err //…
19-7832 Sean Wayne Pierce v. California California 2020-03-04 Denied IFP actually-innocent constitutional-review conviction criminal-sentencing habeas-corpus miller-v-alabama mitigating-factor sentence standard-of-review-under-miller-v-alabama status-rather-than-criminal-conduct validity-of-conviction youth-offender 1. Whether habeas corpus under Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460, 465 was necessary when a "significant mitigating factor " pop-up that calls into qu…
19-7841 In Re Elloyd Johnson 2020-03-02 Denied IFP certiorari-denial conviction court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus judicial-assignment judicial-misconduct judicial-oath judicial-review jurisdiction oath-of-office sentence (1) When a judicial officer clearly preside over a conviction and sentence WITHOUT BEING ASSIGNED OR HAVE TAKEN OATH OF OFFICE AND RECEIVED LEGAL FORM…
19-7843 Tony Buck v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons constitutional-law constitutional-rights conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review punishment punishment-clause sentencing Whether the Judgment of Conviction should be vacated as a violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause because the Judgment punishes Mr. Buck for the exact…
19-7823 Seth A. Weaver v. Illinois Illinois 2020-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment conviction due-process guilty-plea illinois-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining post-conviction-petition sixth-amendment unknowing-and-involuntary-plea 1. Does Illinois ignorance of the law theory as applied to successive post-conviction petitioners deny them relief from constitutionally unsound guil…
19-7808 Richard Wayne Taylor v. Texas Texas 2020-02-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-validity conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction oath-of-office sentencing WHETHER THE TRIAL JUDGE'S FAILURE TO RETAKE AND REFILE A VALID OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE PRONOUNCING SENTENCE, RENDERS A JUDGEMENT, CONVICTION AND SENTENC…
19-7765 William Reyes v. Robert Ercole, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2254 conviction criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus perjury prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-likelihood section-2254 witness-testimony Is a defendant deprived of his right to due process of law when he would not have been convicted had perjury not been introduced at his trial? The qu…
19-7750 Russell Patrick Brown v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-degree-murder constitutional-due-process constitutional-violation conviction criminal-conviction due-process insufficient-evidence jackson-v-virginia jury-instruction premeditation self-defense supreme-court-precedent (1) Whether it's a U.S. constituion Due Process violation proscribed by this court in Jackson v. Virginia, for Mr. Brown's 1st degree murder convictio…
19-7653 Roosevelt Bigbee, Jr. v. Jonathan Lebo, Warden Tennessee 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constructive-amendment conviction criminal-attempt criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder indictment plea-agreement robbery statute testimony Whether the admission of the plea agreement test mony evidence, of felony murder in the Perpetration of a robbery Included Tenn 3a-12-101 Criminal att…
19-7654 Jean Roussel Eloi v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-process appeal-stages closing-arguments conviction defenses government-misconduct ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection relationship-evidence sealed-records sentencing-guidelines I.) Whether counsel was ineffective for not pursuing all the way through the appeal stages, the government's statement during closing arguments that…
19-965 Kenin L. Edwards v. Michael L. Atterberry, et al. Illinois 2020-02-03 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appeal conviction criminal-jurisdiction due-process illinois-supreme-court jurisdictional-challenge sentencing Whether it is a violation of due process for the Illinois Supreme Court, after being fully advised in the premises, to abstain from addressing whether…
19-7475 Douglas Edwin Ball, Jr. v. Michigan Michigan 2020-01-29 Denied IFP 14th-amendment appeal civil-rights conviction dna-evidence due-process evidence insufficient-evidence jury jury-instructions unanimous-verdict % - '^eTxTXctJEE' ? Dkt T&cceiz? iZx&Hvz uvfrsF- The Tv\>FTetoJTH 4^fwMiSvr hbf'E\ZXoC4TtO B>ECAr 1/5£T -Z~5 -2^W (p<s>5'5jr&^£' TO TAETFRM^tj & IaJH…
19-7271 Eric Hall v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute burglary-statutes categorical-approach conviction conviction-requirements criminal-plea entry entry-element firearm-possession generic-crime generic-crimes instrument plea-withdrawal rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic where the State can obtain a conviction by proving only attempted burglary because the element of…
19-7242 Bryan Whitehead v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 5th-amendment conviction conviction-and-sentence crime-of-violence due-process fifth-amendment jury-determination residual-clause sentence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis I. Whether the Petitioner was denied his Fifth Amendment right to due process of law by virtue of his conviction and sentence under the residual claus…
19-7005 Johnnie Lewis Wood v. Virginia Virginia 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment-due-process 6th-amendment-rights conviction fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment indictment jury-verdict material-misrepresentation sixth-amendment Was Petitioner's Sixth And Fourteenth Amendment rights violated when the state and state witnesses presented false testimony and prevented a fair subm…
19-6624 Andre D. Lee v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process hearing right-to-counsel sentence state-trial-court void waiver 1. Did the petitioner's right to counsel violated by the state trial court, thereby making the conviction and sentence completely void? 2. Did the st…
19-6567 Danny Lee Hill v. Ohio Ohio 2019-11-08 Denied IFP bite-mark-evidence constitutional-rights conviction death-penalty death-sentence due-process expert-testimony fair-trial habeas-corpus scientific-evidence Bite-mark comparison evidence was the foundation of the State's case that convicted Petitioner Danny Lee Hill of murder and sentenced him to death. Th…
19-6509 William Gaudet v. United States First Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2423(a) appeals-court appellate-review conviction criminal-sentencing district-court evidence-exclusion evidence-rule-403 federal-rules-of-evidence federal-sentencing-guidelines judgment-of-acquittal motion-in-limine prior-testimony sentencing standard-of-review whether-the-appeals-court-erred-in-upholding-the-d I. WHETHER THE APPEALS COURT ERRED IN UPHOLDING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL OF THE PETITIONTER'S MOTION IN LIMINE SEEKING TO EXCLUDE THE PRIOR TESTIMO…
19-6483 Carl Robinson v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Retreat Third Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure clearly-erroneous-standard clearly-erroneous'-rule-52(a),exhaustion-of-remedi conviction court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies judicial-independence judicial-procedure legal-remedy procedural-due-process standard-of-review statute supplemental-response timeliness unfairness Was the Petitioner denied due process of law,in vi 1 This case presents the question when there's no authority in the Federal Court's that countenances the preparation of the opinion by the attorney fo…
19-6424 Anthony Darnell Stokes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review conviction court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute obstruction-of-justice sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS MISAPPLIED 18 U.S.C.S. § 1512(c)(1) (LAWYERS EDITION 2008) WHEN IT AFFIRMED STOKES'S CONVICTIONS FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTI…
19-6366 Spencer Kerry Curtiss v. North Dakota North Dakota 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel standing statutory-interpretation As Truth is fundamental: Can a state's duty to provide guarantee of counsel in a criminal action be duly fulfilled when supplied representation is in …
19-6133 Jeremy S. Cochran v. Maryland Maryland 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights conviction convictions criminal-procedure due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing PiV court oC Apymic 0f ^acyia»j- er \ Sfyycsfy ; on Appeal, P< J phe coupt- cf (Auph aC Appeals C6y)V\ c)~\or)*1 n special Appeal ah(4 error | „ p…
19-6070 Malcom McClenon v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied IFP appeals appellate-review batson-challenge constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-circuit habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-review sufficiency-of-evidence 1. IS RELIEF DUE. TO AN CONVICTION I DEVOIN OF THE RUDIMENTARY DEMANDS OF FAIR PROCEDURE ? 2. DOES BATSON" DEFY A HARMLESS-ERROR ANALYSIS? BJ DOES A…
19-6043 Larry Craig Cash v. Vance Laughlin, Warden Georgia 2019-09-25 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process effective-assistance fourteenth-amendment jury-selection murder-trial racial-discrimination standing state-action trial-duty 1. Were The Rights Of A Defendant Under The Due Process Clause Of The Fourteenth Amendment Of The United States Constitution Properly Observed When Th…
19-5872 Philip Hugh Wentzel v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-appealability collateral-review constitutional-rights conviction criminal-charge criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-error 1. Were petitioner's double jeopardy and due process rights violated by the sponte filing (at petitioner's sentencing) of an additional criminal charg…
19-5815 Antonio Demetrius Parker v. Virginia Virginia 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-imprisonment jurisdiction probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrant-requirement #1 Did the Supreme court of Virginia err when it determined that the circuit court didn't have the jurisdiction to give the petitioner the relief so…
19-5759 Travis Lavoy Jenkins v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence civil-rights conviction due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing and convicting District Court that cheried a constitutional right to trial, to a district to entertain/address, foreign the legal sufficieney of the c…
19-5450 Paul Suarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appeal conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm-offense jury-unanimity law-of-the-case legal-sufficiency manifest-injustice sufficiency-of-evidence 1) DID THE PANEL ERR BY HOL DING THAT THE "LAW OF THE CASE" GOVERNED ITS DECI SION IN HOLDING THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN THE …
19-5308 Oscar Minaya v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c civil-rights conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentence sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness, a question that the Court has now answered in United States v. Davis…
19-5261 Jorge Baez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process due-process,vagueness,18-usc-924(c),criminal-proce eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus statutory-vagueness united-states-v-davis vagueness 1. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and therefore his conviction under …
19-5209 Therian Cornelia Wimbush v. Willie Sue Mickens, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP conviction direct-appeal due-process federal-exhaustion habeas-corpus jurisdiction sentence speedy-trial state-court-remedy Does the timely and sufficient filing of a Notice of Appeal of a Directly Appealable pretrial statutory speedy trial motion preclude the trial court o…
19-5055 Isaac Decurtis Harris v. Michigan Michigan 2019-07-03 Denied IFP arraignment civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction court-rules criminal-procedure due-process liberty-interest state-court transcript warrantless-arrest I.) Whether the 'State .Court had causeda conflict within the State Court ignoring its controlling governed caselaw People v, Thomason 173 Mich. App,…
19-5065 Chester Ray Crank v. Charmaine Bracy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alibi-defense confrontation confrontation-clause conviction criminal-procedure due-process illegal-recordings ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence intoxication police-misconduct prejudicial-evidence IS A PETITIONER PROVIDED DUE PROCESS OF LAW WHEN HE IS CONVICTED ON EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN A CONVICTION WHEN SAID EVIDENCE WAS WHOLLY BASED …
18-9808 Manuel Reyes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute statutory-vagueness vagueness 1. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. …
18-9740 Myron Gregory Jessie v. Michigan Michigan 2019-06-21 Denied IFP appeal appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission judicial-error life-imprisonment prior-misconduct resentencing sentencing 1. Was the evidence insufficient to convict defendant - Appelart MyRon JEssle as an aider and abetter to armed bery and ist degree home invasion?Did h…
18-9634 Destyn David Frederick v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied IFP appeal certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-challenge right-to-counsel sentencing ISSUE NO ONE AND TWO whether the United States District court and the Fifth Circuit court of appeals have denied Petitioner his rights to challenge th…
18-9510 Rasaq Aderoju Raheem v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure conviction criminal-procedure defendant-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit jurisdiction legal-review standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by affirming Defendant's Raheem conviction.
18-9461 Antonio Tillmon v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process evidence fourth-amendment fourth-circuit-review insufficient-evidence judicial-review right-to-a-fair-trial sufficiency-of-evidence undercover-agent undercover-operations I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by concluding that there was sufficient evidence to support Mr. Tillmon's convictions on Counts 1, 2, 48, and 49? …
18-9447 QuintIn Irving Brown v. Virginia Virginia 2019-05-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-boundaries jurisdiction jurisdictional-overreach procedural-error reversal state-law territorial-jurisdiction venue I. WHEN A CONVICTION OCCURS IN ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE A COUNTY'S JURISDICTION OCCURS OVER 2,200 YARDS BEYOND ITS 300-YARD PERMISSIBLE JU…
18-9430 Bobby Ray Turner v. Texas Texas 2019-05-24 Denied IFP conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-misconduct sentencing standards-of-review Felony conviction?
18-9347 Sherrick A Sims v. Kansas Kansas 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-violation conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure jury limine limine-orders prejudicial-testimony violation Was Mr. Sims denied due process of law when the District Court and Kansas Supreme Court upheld a conviction obtained by the State's violation of Three…
18-9029 Tyron James v. Kansas Kansas 2019-04-29 Denied IFP appeal apprendi civil-rights constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment unconstitutional-error upward-departure 1. May a conviction baded dn a unconstitutional hard o life Senfence be overturned at any time? 2. May this Courts decisionin Apprendi ar to what con…
18-8987 Michael Wainaina Kariuki v. Washington Washington 2019-04-26 Denied IFP assault constitutional-law conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jury-instructions legal-relief procedural-error second-degree-assault sexual-assault standing victim Is the def dtu't ) Mich -ael 'cLRiuFst 1 eitW.ed tO rs OF the 5QCGnd de5ree. S5zwI -€ Gor'Jvt'ciôv t-J- instruc±i'Ons to dsmiss Did th S -tte sho'j D…
18-8981 John Bowling v. Maryland Maryland 2019-04-24 Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency free-speech jury-instructions standing I AN ERRONEOUS INSTRUCTION ON FORCE WAS GiVN tO the fuy AThe uns No eene whatse, of fale And Feudulent epesentations amounting substantally to a frau…
18-1320 Renee Baker, Warden v. Alquandre H. Turner Ninth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied 28-usc-2244 amended-judgment civil-rights conviction conviction-challenge due-process federal-habeas habeas habeas-corpus new-judgment sentence sentencing successive-petition successive-petitions time-served-credit 1. Whether an amended judgment of conviction containing only nominal changes—that do not disturb the original conviction and sentence—should be consid…
18-8865 Marvin Lopez-Aguilar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-conflict collateral-attack collateral-challenge conviction criminal-procedure district-court forfeiture government-enforcement government-forfeiture habeas-corpus waiver Does the government forfeit its right to enforce a defendant's waiver of a collateral challenge to his conviction by failing to raise the waiver issue…
18-8833 Shea Pascal Dease v. Virginia Virginia 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process elements felon-in-possession jurisdiction notice second-amendment Question not identified.
18-8803 Raymond Ramirez v. Florida Florida 2019-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-violation conviction due-process fourteenth-amendment judgment-of-conviction jurisdiction jurisdictional-rule sentence sentencing state-court Whether the State of Florida / State Court violated the 14th Amendment of United States Constitution by enlarging a jurisdictional rule without author…
18-8576 Yusef Allen v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-requirements brady-violation constitutional-rights conviction conviction-integrity criminal-conviction criminal-justice-system due-process integrity integrity-of-justice judicial-review prosecutorial-ethics prosecutorial-misconduct The main question in this petition is whether the gross actions of prosecutorial misconduct were so egregious as to render the defendant's conviction …
18-8503 In Re Leroy Lamont Wells 2019-03-21 Denied IFP case-documentation circuit-court conviction correctional-institution criminal-conviction criminal-convictions criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus lane-county-circuit-court legal-status leroy-lamont-wells oregon-correctional-institution prison-records procedural-inquiry standing state-court Does Petitioner have three convictions in Lane County Circuit Court Case No.20 1404943, State of Oregon v. Leroy Lamont Wells, as of 12/12/2018, as pu…
18-8456 Roberto Miramontes Roman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP 18-USC-924(c)(1)(A) acquittal conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy Double-Jeopardy-Clause drug-trafficking due-process federal-prosecution Firearm-Possession firearm-statute Prosecution state-court-acquittal state-federal-prosecution statutory-interpretation 1. Did it violate the Double Jeopardy Clause for the United States to prosecute Mr. Roman for the same offense and conduct for which he was acquitted …
18-8411 Lecephrus Pierce v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent traffic-stop vehicle-search warrantless-search Whether in affirming the petitioner's conviction the fourth circuit court of appeals abandoned established Supreme Court precedent when they found no …
18-8252 Freddie Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights conviction due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions mistrial structural-error Whether The United States District Court And The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Denied The Petitioner Relief Pursuant To The Issues Raised In A Petiti…
18-8254 Eddie Earl Phillips v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process habitual-offender indictment jury-instructions sentencing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Whether Phillips' Conviction and Sentence stems from a defective indictment, a violation of his due process rights? Whether phillips' indictment was …
18-8199 Michael DeVaughn Johnson v. Arizona Arizona 2019-02-28 Denied IFP automatic-reversal constitutional-law constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure critical-stage critical-stages due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Was The ARIZONA STATE COURTS ceCISION that the abSeNCe Of the retitioner's trial counsel during two complet critical Stages" of the trial did not requ…
18-8106 Benjamin Crump v. Delaware Delaware 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification false-testimony fourteenth-amendment wrongful-conviction Whether a conviction obtained through the use of false evidence by a material state witness - the only state witness to reliably identify the defendan…
18-7380 Ricardo Glover v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure deprivation-of-liberty due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge liberty prosecutorial-misconduct subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-constitution In 1879, the Honorable Justice Strong speaking for this Court in Ex pane Commonwealth of Virginia, 100 U.S. 339 (1879), stated that "when a prisoner i…
18-7298 Nicole M. Moore v. Florida Florida 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony incarceration prison-sentence prosecutorial-misconduct state-action wrongful-conviction Whether the Due Process Clause excuses the State of Florida's use of false testimony in the procurement of a conviction and 13-year prison sentence wh…
18-7336 Jonathan Henry Hill v. Michigan Sixth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP affidavit affidavit-standard civil-procedure conviction due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence one-year-limitation post-conviction-relief statute-of-limitations Can a Habeas Petitioner rely on an affidavit as newly discovered evidence when the affidavit is submitted more than one year after a conviction?
18-7392 In Re James Rudnick 2019-01-10 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure custody due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus incarceration-authority mittimus thirteenth-amendment 1 Whether the Respondent [Warden Hansen] - employee of the Colorado Department of Corrections] has valid authority (in accord with the thirteenth and …
18-7269 Larry Allison v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review legal-procedure plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Can one be sentenced for a crime to which no plea of guilty has been entered and no trial resulting in a conviction has been held? 2. Will this Co…
18-7137 Jamie R. Madrigal v. Ohio Ohio 2018-12-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance res-judicata statutory-interpretation May withholdin exculpatory and impeaching evidence [in violation of Brady (373 U.S. 83, 63) /Due Process as Guaranteed under the 5th and 14th Amendmen…
18-6947 Lisa J. Gillard v. Illinois Illinois 2018-12-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP battery battery-conviction constitutional-violation conviction due-process final-judgment illinois-supreme-court judicial-review unconstitutional 1. Whether the Illinois Supreme Court acted unconstitutional by depriving petitioner due process on a final judgment of a conviction of a battery?
18-6797 Stephanie Irene Greene v. South Carolina South Carolina 2018-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP but no text was provided for me to analyze. Witho I cannot generate a question presented or identif please provide the full text of the petition. conviction criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions mens-rea scientific-evidence standard-of-review I. Did the South Carolina Supreme Court apply the proper standard of review under Jackson v. Virginia when they affirmed the conviction of Stephanie I…
18-6772 Donovan Grant v. United States First Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied IFP appeals appeals-court appellate-review conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process financial-transaction guilty-plea money-laundering plain-error plain-error-doctrine specified-unlawful-activity trial-court The First Circuit affirmed a conviction for money laundering based on a financial transaction that was a different financial transaction from the one …
18-6716 Jerry Walker, aka Jerry Richmond v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court conviction conviction-reversal conviction-vacatur criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-preclusion sentencing superseding-indictment Whether The Seventh Circuit Contravened The Holding Of Griffith By Concluding That Booker And Pepper Were NOT Retroactive To The Petitioner's Case Wit…
18-6654 In Re Gary Ray Debolt 2018-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Is it in violation of the fifth Amendment and Brady v. Maryland to convict a person with the use of false and manipulated evidence? Is it in violatio…
18-6413 Joshua Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substances conviction criminal-adjudication criminal-law due-process federal-statute recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation youthful-offender Is an Alabama youthful-offender adjudication a "conviction" for purposes of sentencing enhancement under 21 U.S.C § 841(b)(1)(A)?
18-6313 Lacoya Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal conviction criminal-evidence criminal-law due-process evidence judicial-discretion sentencing sex-trafficking trial trial-severance Whether there was sufficient evidence presented at trial to convict Lacoya Washington of the sex trafficking crime. Whether the Honorable Trial Court…
18-5647 Jeremy R. Mares v. Illinois Illinois 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review constitutional-representation conviction criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process felony-conviction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel property-recovery right-to-counsel sentence summary-motion Whether counsel appointed in a direct appeal from a felony conviction provides constitutionally sufficient representation where he files an unopposed …
18-5457 Michael Allyn Kennedy v. Texas Texas 2018-08-03 Denied IFP appeal conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indictment jury-trial notice sixth-amendment trial The trial Couat had no Chorge OR offense no Reading without a dofe to impose a Conviction 247 Could convict Indctment and no JuRd of an wifhout a date…
18-5412 Robert Eugene Johnson, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2018-08-01 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence 1) Cvr re \e.S* rc\c e.-e \j.. oLeiy t'o e. \
18-5146 Adam Darrick Toghill v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation conviction criminal-conviction criminal-statute due-process equal-protection lawrence-v-texas sodomy-statute substantive-due-process unequal-penal-consequences unequal-treatment I. In Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), this Court invalidated, as inconsistent with the requirements of substantive due process, Texas's blank…