| 25A283 |
Thomas Oscar Cady v. Washington |
Washington |
2025-09-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-privacy criminal-evidence due-process hospital-records medical-records patient-privacy |
Question not identified. |
| 24-7490 |
Clint Robert Schram v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-evidence due-process minor-exploitation sentencing-standards uncharged-misconduct |
I. Given the increasing ease of creating of artificial images, is the government required to present evidence that the images it contends are of minor… |
| 24A172 |
Evan Wald v. New York |
New York |
2024-08-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
autopsy-report confrontation-clause criminal-evidence cross-examination sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay |
Whether an autopsy report created in conjunction with a homicide investigation and finding the cause of death to be a homicide is "testimonial" under … |
| 24A120 |
Matthew Peddicord v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-evidence evidence-404b felon-in-possession knowledge-inference prior-conviction propensity-reasoning |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7764 |
Leon Davis, Jr. v. Florida, et al. |
Florida |
2024-06-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
bad-acts ballistics-evidence capital-case criminal-evidence criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns ineffective-assistance other-crimes-evidence postconviction-review prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel |
Whether in a case with no direct evidence connecting the defendant to the crime except the introduction of evidence of other crimes or bad acts, the S… |
| 23-7654 |
Tildren Sherron Hunter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-standard criminal-evidence criminal-law drug-crimes evidence fourth-circuit-review intent intent-to-distribute jury-verdict methamphetamine-possession standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the Fourth Circuit improperly upheld Mr. Hunter's conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine where the Government fail… |
| 23-7097 |
Travis C. Crosby v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit evidence fraud fraud-charges ppp-loans relevant-conduct rule-404b sentencing |
(1) Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting Rule 404 (b) evidence of fraudulen… |
| 23-6588 |
Aaron Ramirez Espinoza v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
co-conspirator conspiracy criminal-evidence criminal-law due-process evidence government-informant sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-testimony |
Whether a government informant and co-conspirators testimony of another's involvement in the conspiracy is sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction… |
| 23-582 |
Rollo A. Barker, aka Rollo Narker v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2023-11-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
6th-amendment chain-of-custody confrontation-clause criminal-evidence evidence forensic-analysis lab-analysis lab-testimony melendez-diaz melendez-diaz-precedent sixth-amendment |
Does testimony from a lab analyst who did not perform the actual testing on Defendant's seized (alleged) contraband that was analyzed by a State Polic… |
| 22-6442 |
Brennan Thomas Baker v. Wyoming |
Wyoming |
2023-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion cell-phone-recording criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-abuse-of-discretion fourth-amendment legal-admissibility surveillance surveillance-footage witness-testimony |
DID THE DISTRICT COURT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT ADMITTED THE STATE'S CELL PHONE RECORDING OF SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE THAT CAPTURED THE ALTERCATION BE… |
| 22-6311 |
Massey L. Allen, Jr. v. Nebraska |
Nebraska |
2022-12-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia miranda-rights post-miranda-silence reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
1. Whether there was sufficient evidence adduced at trial to convict
Petitioner of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt under this Court's holding
… |
| 22-6085 |
Curtis Neville v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-materiality brady-v-maryland cooperating-witness credibility criminal-evidence due-process due-process-violation kyles-v-whitley material-evidence prosecutorial-disclosure witness-credibility |
In a prosecution built almost entirely on the credibility of cooperating Government witnesses, is an incentivized cooperating witness's letter address… |
| 22-77 |
David Brown v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (7) |
brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence favorable-evidence material-evidence materiality-standard third-party-confession |
Where a defendant denies participating in a particular criminal act, is another person's confession
stating that he and someone else committed the act… |
| 21-7508 |
Draven Greene v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment caretaker-exception constitutional-rights criminal-evidence evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment police-misconduct search-and-seizure vehicle-search warrantless-search |
Whether the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extends to occupied vehicles in non-emergency caretaker searches and whether such searches shoul… |
| 21-7384 |
Joseph Valchez Laue v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circumstantial-evidence constitutional-sufficiency criminal-evidence due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-verdict legal-standard lsa-r.s.-15-438 rational-trier-of-fact reasonable-doubt state-burden-of-proof trier-of-fact |
1. Reasonable jurists would determine that the jury's verdict as to Count One should be reversed as the evidence against Mr. Lane was constitutionally… |
| 21-6701 |
Nakyia D. Parker v. Douglas Fender, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences constitutional-rights constructive-possession criminal-evidence due-process fair-trial jury-instructions motion-to-suppress sentencing-error sufficiency-of-evidence |
WHETHER PETITIONER-APPELLANT, PARKER WAS DENIED A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL DUE TO SEVERAL MAJOR CONSTITUTIONAL AND DUE PROCESS RIGHT VIOLATIONS THAT I… |
| 20-8322 |
Fabian Perpall v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split contested-issue criminal-evidence criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence not-guilty-plea plea-of-not-guilty prior-bad-acts rule-404(b) rule-404b state-of-mind |
By pleading not guilty, can a defendant make his prior convictions admissible under Rule 404(b) to show "state of mind"? |
| 20-7990 |
Jose Meza v. Stuart Sherman, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bruton-v-united-states co-defendant-statements co-defendants confrontation-clause constitutional-procedure crawford-v-washington criminal-evidence informant ninth-circuit-interpretation testimonial testimonial-statements |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) effectively and silently overruled Bruton v. United States, 39… |
| 20-6777 |
James Baxton v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court due-process evidence fourth-circuit rico rico-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
I. Whether the Government produced sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the Petitioner's actions were part of a Rico Conspiracy… |
| 20-6465 |
Damontaze Montrell Tillery v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
convicted-felon criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession motion-for-acquittal sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's decision to overrule Petitioner's motion for acquittal when the evidence at trial… |
| 20-6196 |
Mark Xavier Wallace v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-evidence criminal-procedure district-court-procedure due-process evidence fourth-circuit-review hearsay hearsay-testimony standard-of-review |
1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming that the District Court did not err by admitting inadmissible and highly prejudicial hearsay testimon… |
| 19-7096 |
David Lee Smith v. Rick Jackson |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standard fingerprint fingerprint-analysis jury jury-confusion probable-cause standing wrongful-conviction |
ARE 92954 PETITLONER(S\ ENTITLLEA TO REAAAND, INILTH
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AISTRICT COURT TQ ORDER CASE
ATSMISSED AITTH PREAUDICERECAUSE OF PROSEC.UTIPS
ON… |
| 19-6816 |
Michael J. Warner, II v. Maine |
Maine |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit burglary cell-phone-data criminal-evidence nexus nexus-requirement probable-cause search-warrant |
Whether an affidavit in support of a search warrant that contains neither specific allegations that a burglary suspect's cell phone data contain evide… |
| 19-6411 |
Tyler Joseph Barefield v. Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alternative-perpetrator alternative-perpetrator-evidence constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence right-to-defense right-to-present-defense state-evidentiary-requirements state-evidentiary-rules |
To what extent— consistent with the right to present a defense —
may a State restrict the ability of a defendant to present evidence tending
to establ… |
| 19-361 |
Renado Smith and Richard Delancy v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-18 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
confrontation-clause criminal-evidence criminal-procedure custody-release deposition-testimony due-process good-faith-effort investigative-steps prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-procedure sixth-amendment testimonial-statement unavailability witness-unavailability |
The Confrontation Clause permits prosecutors to introduce the out-of-court testimonial statements of an absent witness only if the witness is "unavail… |
| 19-5970 |
Murad Razzaq v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-evidence criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process due-process-clause evidence evidentiary-rules prior-bad-acts prior-crimes propensity-evidence state-prosecution state-supreme-courts unrelated-crimes |
Does a state violate a defendant's due process rights by admitting evidence of a prior, unrelated crime? |
| 19-5876 |
Joachim Dressler v. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Racine County |
Wisconsin |
2019-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
censorship civil-rights content-seizure criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence first-amendment free-speech freedman-v-maryland judicial-review prior-restraint procedural-safeguards southeastern-promotions-ltd-v-conrad |
Do this Court's First Amendment "prior restraint" holdings that command "strict procedural safeguards" designed to obviate the dangers of a freewheeli… |
| 19-5620 |
Damien Hyde v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment civil-rights coerced-statements confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence non-defendant-witnesses substantive-evidence witness-testimony |
1. Does the admission of Coerced Statements by Non-defendant Witnesses deprive a defendant of Due Process of law, when they are used during trial as s… |
| 19-5204 |
Jesus Loya Quezada v. Rick Raemisch, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal citizenship civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence harmless-error paper-foundation standing state-court uncorroborated-evidence |
I wish for the court to review
the errors Comitted in
vidence Was allowed
nowever I do not agree on the basis that now I have a criminal
record and wi… |
| 18-9657 |
Joseph Howard Davis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split confrontation-clause criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-dealer drug-distribution due-process evidence fourth-circuit hearsay informant methamphetamine-offense non-testifying-witness second-circuit |
I. Is an out-of-court statement by a non-testifying informant which identifies the defendant as a drug dealer hearsay, as in the Second Circuit, or no… |
| 18-9572 |
William Paul Cox, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922(g)(1) 18-usc-922g county-jail criminal-evidence criminal-procedure felon-in-possession guilty-plea jail-phone-calls stored-communications-act suppression-of-evidence suppression-of-phone-calls |
WHETHER PETITIONER, AN ARRESTED AND PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED FELON, HAD AN ENFORCEABLE CLAIM UNDER THE STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT FOR SUPPRESSION OF PHONE … |
| 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?
… |
| 18-8974 |
Stanley Bruce Roberson v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-04-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence scientific-evidence scientific-reliability statistical-extrapolation statistical-sampling unvalidated-methods |
Does the unvalidated method of statistical extrapolation used to confirm quality and quantity of controlled substances constitute scientifically relia… |
| 18-8873 |
Tracy Devon Thomas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment criminal-evidence evidence judicial-standard law-enforcement perpetrator probable-cause search-warrant shooting standing vehicle-rental |
Can the common-sense standard of probable cause be so reduced as to allow a search warrant to be issued on the basis that a person rented a vehicle th… |
| 18-8600 |
Tony McLeod v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cell-phones circuit-split criminal-evidence digital-forensics expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence fourth-amendment internet-anonymity lay-testimony mens-rea rule-702 sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether using Cellebrite technology to download forensic digital evidence from a cell phone requires specialized or technical knowledge so that the… |
| 18-7973 |
Jaime Villa v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery burden-of-proof crime-of-violence criminal-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment federal-rules-of-evidence jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence |
I.
Whether There Was Insufficient Evidence To Prove Villa Guilty Beyond A
Reasonable Doubt?
II.
Whether Armed Bank Robbery Constitutes A Crime Of Vio… |
| 18-7424 |
William Felix Vail v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-code criminal-evidence doctrine-of-chances due-process forensic-evidence physical-proof presumption-of-innocence presumptive-evidence reasonable-doubt |
Did the Stale offer sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?
Should the State have been allowed to offer evidence via the Doctri… |
| 18-7050 |
Javier Portillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
border-crossing border-search criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence jury knowledge-standard mens-rea narcotics-possession ninth-circuit standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence trial-sufficiency |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's analysis of the facts was inadequate and whether, when the entirety of facts presented at trial was considered, there was … |
| 18-6935 |
Joshua Donald Ewing v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-transaction due-process electronic-device-evidence evidence jackson-v-virginia registration standard-of-proof user-identification |
Whether this Court's Opinion in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979) needs updating to address what constitutes sufficient evidence, in ident… |
| 18-491 |
Cameron Heath Ray v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
|
appellate-division circuit-split criminal-evidence criminal-procedure evidence fourth-amendment immediate-mobility law-enforcement mobility probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-search vehicle-seizure |
Whether it violates the Fourth Amendment to characterize a criminal suspect's car as evidence of a crime when the car is not used in the crime at issu… |
| 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… |
| 18-6176 |
Michael Lucero v. California |
California |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment prior-acts propensity propensity-evidence |
This case presents the question this Court acknowledged was "left open" in Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 75, fn. 5 (1991): "whether a state law wou… |
| 18-5470 |
Jeremy J. Bohlman v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compulsory-process compulsory-process-clause confrontation-clause criminal-evidence due-process due-process-clause evidence fed-rule-evidence-412 federal-rules-of-evidence-412 rape-allegations rape-shield-law sexual-assault sexual-behavior subsequent-behavior-evidence |
Whether Fed.R.Evid 412 bars a defendant from introducing evidence showing that the alleged victim engaged in subsequent sexual acts inconsistent with … |