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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5020 Eduardo Che Rodriguez v. Gena Jones, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-provisions due-process elements judicial-interpretation prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement A year after he was discharged from the Army with a disability pension following brain, spinal, and psychological injuries from a scud missel attack w…
20-5072 Rodney Renard Newberry v. Florida Florida 2020-07-15 Denied IFP apprendi capital-sentencing due-process elements reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona Under the Due Process Clause, determinations as to both elements and their "functional equivalents" must be made beyond a reasonable doubt. See, e.g.,…
18-8833 Shea Pascal Dease v. Virginia Virginia 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process elements felon-in-possession jurisdiction notice second-amendment Question not identified.
18-7133 Paul Burks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-tax due-process elements federal-courts federal-prosecution indictment indictment-elements pretrial-motion statutory-interpretation substantive-law tax-law uncertainty Contrary to the rule in James v. United States, 366 U.S. 213 (1961), is the substantial existence of uncertainty in the governing substantive tax law …
18-5212 Markentz Blanc v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review circuit-court criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-flight-instructions district-court due-process elements flight-instructions prejudice prior-decisions sufficiency-of-evidence wiretap wiretap-evidence Did the Eleventh circuit's panels conclusion that the District court did not err in allowing the flight instructions be brought to the jury as it was …