criminal-rights
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6079 | James Anthony Brian Morelock v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-11-10 | Pending | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-rights felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment sentencing-guidelines | 1. Is the lifetime ban on firearms possession by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent … |
| 23-7777 | Robert King Via, Jr. v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections | Fourth Circuit | 2024-06-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 6th-amendment accomplice-testimony constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence witness-testimony | lo coo pi t & 6 dfftnddnfj c o $ e re sfs Coiely On 'fta urn lore a \>i refect of aiitjed accomf>lu£S\ dots Hie. defendants iLltl' dntnf Lon (fa]tvHmo… |
| 23-7581 | Glenn D. Odom, II v. Scott Jordan, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2024-05-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conflict-counsel conflict-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process jury jury-questioning pro-se-defense waiver witness witness-testimony | Please help uS T The ComfnonweAlhh ©h !Aer\hucKy V\a$ ndophed aa unconshihuhioned pAhtern And pfAthic^ Allowing Cour4 Appealed UvuyerS ho lolurh ©uh… |
| 23-5140 | Ralph Castillo v. Richard Martinez, Warden, et al. | New Mexico | 2023-07-19 | Denied | IFP | aggravating-circumstances criminal-rights due-process jury-determination jury-trial plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-enhancement sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment | 1. Was it proper for the State to intentionally mislead the court when it required that petitioner show the presumption of equality when the real issu… |
| 22-7509 | Gary R. Thompson, Jr. v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2023-05-10 | Denied | IFP | blockburger-v-united-states constitutional-violation criminal-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-dixon | Under a certified question of law; Does (1) the double jeopardy protection contained within the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, st… |
| 19-8859 | Brian A. Maus v. Scott Eckstein, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2020-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure attorney-withdrawal client-rights counsel-withdrawal criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance no-merit-brief | 1. Can appellant counsel withdraw off of the petitioners case, because the petitioner wouldn't agree to allow appellate counsel to file a no-merit bri… |