| 25-969 |
Anthony Zottola, Sr. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2026-02-18 |
Pending |
|
anonymous-jury declaration-against-penal-interest fair-trial-rights hearsay-exception presumption-of-innocence right-to-present-defense |
1. Whether a defendant's right to present a defense is violated when he is precluded from offering a declarant's out-of-court, self-inculpatory narrat… |
| 25-378 |
Donald Olsen v. Aaron Salter |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-09-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
brady-violation exculpatory-evidence fair-trial-rights identification-procedure qualified-immunity section-1983 |
The Circuit Courts of Appeals are in conflict on the
question of whether and when a police officer may be held
liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a v… |
| 24-5073 |
Billy Hammonds v. Fredeane Artis, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof fair-trial-rights ineffective-assistance judicial-bias mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-bias witness-testimony |
I. WAS MR. HAMMONDS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF
COUNSEL GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE
CONSTITUTIONS (U.S CONST. 1963, ART l § 20) WHERE TRI… |
| 20-1164 |
Donald E. Boyd v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-02-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process fair-trial fair-trial-rights involuntary-medication psychotropic-drugs right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment xanax-dosage |
1. Whether the State of New Jersey's administration of unreasonably high
doses of the controlled psychotropic drug Xanax (i.e., dosages four times the… |
| 19-5296 |
Ozzie Davis v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bruton-v-us criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial-rights jackson-v-virginia prosecutorial-misconduct state-trial sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent third-degree-murder |
WHETHER THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPERIOR COURT'S DENIAL ON DIRECT
REVIEW OF THE CHALLENGE TO THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE IN
SUPPORT OF PETITIONER'S CON… |
| 18-8499 |
Nestor David Vasquez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-fairness courtroom-prejudice courtroom-security defendant-rights defendant-specific-security fair-trial fair-trial-rights inherent-prejudice inherently-prejudicial judicial-procedure ninth-circuit-review prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancements trial-security |
1. In Holbrook v. Flynn , 475 U.S. 560, 570-72 (1986), the Court held that the mere presence of guards at a trial was not so inherently prejudicial th… |