cooperating-witnesses

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
22-7498	Joel Armando Rodriguez v. United States	Fourth Circuit	2023-05-09	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	cooperating-defendants cooperating-witnesses criminal-procedure drug-weight fourth-circuit methamphetamine offense-level plea-bargaining relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines	WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IMPROPERLY EXPANDED GUIDELINE § 1B1.3 BY INCLUDING AS RELEVANT DRUG WEIGHT UNCORROBORATED STATEMENTS OF TWO COOPERATING DEF…
19-6584	Steven Williams v. United States	Second Circuit	2019-11-12	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	cooperating-witnesses cooperation-agreement credibility-bolstering direct-examination due-process government-vouching prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vouching truth-telling witness-credibility witness-testimony	Whether it is a violation of due process for the government to bolster the testimony of cooperating witnesses by introducing the 'truth-telling' aspec…
18-8847	Javier Bocanegra, Jr. v. United States	Fifth Circuit	2019-04-16	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	chain-of-custody cocaine-conspiracy conspiracy controlled-substances cooperating-witnesses credibility criminal-conspiracy criminal-law deferred-adjudication drug-offense-enhancement evidence full-faith-and-credit reasonable-doubt	I. Is there insufficient evidence for a conspiracy to transport cocaine conviction based upon the testimony of cooperating witnesses who are not credi…