| 23-6196 |
Boris Ward v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-representation cumulative-effect drug-transaction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-offer prior-convictions reasonableness-of-sentence sentencing-guidelines |
1) Whether trial counsel provided constitutionally deficient representation to Mr. Ward.
2) Whether the district court erred by failing to vary from … |
| 22-6061 |
Kyle Watkins v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk |
First Circuit |
2022-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights cumulative-effect due-process first-degree-murder habeas habeas-corpus law-enforcement law-enforcement-practices prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct |
In a habeas case involving a first degree murder conviction, whether a Court can construe Brady's prejudice prong so strictly that it becomes, in effe… |
| 22-5542 |
Johnny A. Johnson v. Paul Blair, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-cases certificate-of-appealability cumulative-effect habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard Strickland-v-Washington wiggins-claim Wiggins-v-Smith |
1. Whether the Eighth Circuit's practice of issuing unexplained summary denials of certificates of appealability in capital cases conflicts with 28 U.… |
| 20-8237 |
Christopher Rad v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland cumulative-effect giglio-v-united-states habeas-proceedings materiality-analysis napue-v-illinois |
(1) In federal habeas proceedings when violations of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215 (1963), Giglio v. United States,… |
| 20-7221 |
William David Cannon v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggregate-prejudice criminal-procedure cumulative-effect due-process fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Fourth Circuit's judicial precedence of not reviewing multiple ineffective assistance of counsel claims for the cumulative effect and aggr… |
| 19-6444 |
Jermaine D. Harris v. Stephen T. Moyer, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aiding-and-abetting appeal cell-phone-technology cell-tower-testimony criminal-procedure cumulative-effect due-process fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-privilege habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legally-inconsistent-verdicts sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
1) Did the Court of Appeals err in denying a certificate of
appealability on Petitioner 's claim that his trial counsel
was constitutionally ineffec… |
| 18-1313 |
Michael Moran v. California |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights cumulative-effect cumulative-error due-process fair-trial in-custody-statements miranda miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel right-to-present-a-defense |
Could a jurist of reason find that the state court unreasonably applied clearly established federal law in determining that admission of petitioner's … |
| 18-742 |
Brandon Washington v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-review cumulative-effect cumulative-error due-process ineffective-assistance performance prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel trial-counsel-errors |
Whether, under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), a court assessing the prejudice resulting from trial counsel's errors should consider ea… |