destruction-of-evidence
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6882 | Rojelio Estraca, Jr. v. Texas | Texas | 2026-02-23 | Pending | IFP | Arizona-v-Youngblood destruction-of-evidence discovery-rights due-process Michael-Morton-Act spoliation | 1. Should this Honorable Court reexamine its destruction of evidence standard set out in Arizona v. Youngblood; specifically, a reform to the 'bad fai… |
| 20-7423 | Jose Jesus Cruz v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment destruction-of-evidence evidence-destruction exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure | 1. Is it reasonable for law enforcement to enter a suspect's home under the exigent circumstances (fear of imminent destruction of evidence) exception… |
| 20-1208 | Salma Agha-Khan v. Pacific Community Mortgage, Inc., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-02 | Denied | Response Waived | access-to-courts civil-procedure court-records destruction-of-evidence due-process judicial-misconduct | 1. Can Ninth Circuit dismiss the Appeal by Affirming the Summary Affirmance of District Court after Ninth Circuit had deliberately destroyed Petitione… |
| 19-8806 | David Lawrence Dixon v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex | West Virginia | 2020-06-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | biological-evidence destruction-of-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment re-testing state-destruction trial | Was Appellant denied his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process when the biological evidence used in his trial was destroyed before Appellant could… |
| 19-8021 | Henry L. Jackson v. Utah, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2020-03-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | destruction-of-evidence due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-destruction fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenge vehicle | Issue 1: DESTRUCTION of EVIDENCE Whether the state violated petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and a fair trial when it released p… |
| 18-1589 | James Doyle Collins, Jr. v. Texas | Texas | 2019-06-27 | Denied | contraband contraband-possession criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-possession criminal-procedure destruction-of-evidence due-process evidence evidence-destruction intent intentional-possession mens-rea possession possession-law statutory-interpretation | Whether the act of an accused to delete or destroy contraband constitutes a "knowing or intentional possession" of the contraband. | |
| 18-7024 | Jacques Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections | Virginia | 2018-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-challenge destruction-of-evidence due-process evidence evidence-destruction notice notice-requirement post-trial post-trial-procedure statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the Virginia statutes, when applied in Petitioner's case, that allow for the destruction of evidence - post-trial - without notice are unco… |