| 23-6106 |
Damion Edward Cruz-Benavente v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-standard constitutional-error criminal-procedure criminal-trial cumulative-error cumulative-errors due-process harmless-error judicial-review procedural-fairness standard-of-review verdict-influence |
To determine whether a criminal trial was unfair because of cumulative errors, does a court review whether the aggregate errors—both preserved and for… |
| 22-6242 |
William Burke v. Jerry Jefferson, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-deference antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act cumulative-errors due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions jury-trial-rights right-to-jury-trial strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and all previous courts, fail to adhere to the 'required' standard of review set forth in Strickland v. Wash… |
| 21-7660 |
Scott McLaughlin v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-04-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-habeas cumulative-errors expert-witness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness opening-statement prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
In this Missouri capital habeas case, Scott McLaughlin's trial counsel failed to investigate the background and credibility of Dr. Keith Caruso who wa… |
| 21-6970 |
Nigel Kinte Wright v. Steven Rivard, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-trial cumulative-errors due-process evidentiary-errors fundamental-fairness fundamental-unfairness harmless-error judicial-review sixth-amendment |
To what extent is the test for analyzing whether cumulative evidentiary errors created a fundamentally unfair criminal trial coextensive with the test… |
| 19-7407 |
Paula Bennett v. Shawn Brewer, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
closeness-of-case constitutional-deficiency criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns cumulative-errors cumulative-prejudice ineffective-assistance prejudice prejudice-analysis reasonable-likelihood sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard strickland-v-washington sufficiency-of-evidence sufficiency-of-the-evidence trial-counsel |
1. Whether, under Strickland, a court may conduct a prejudice analysis that focuses solely on the sufficiency of the evidence presented, or must it in… |
| 19-6606 |
Ryan T. Root v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-violation criminal-procedure cumulative-errors double-prosecution due-process ineffective-counsel law-and-fact merger-doctrine miscarriage-of-justice money-laundering plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
I. WHETHER CUMULATIVE ERRORS OF LAW AND FACT LED TO A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE AND A CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION?
II. WHETHER A DEFENDANT MAY BE CONVICTED… |