fingerprint-evidence
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-5335 | Valentino Cabral Darosa v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-08-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence fingerprint-evidence good-faith-exception search-warrant | A WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION IN UNITED STATES V. DAROSA IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE DECISIONS OF OTHER U… |
| 24-5302 | Victor Hugo Rodriguez Hernandez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | Ninth Circuit | 2024-08-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fingerprint-evidence habeas-corpus misidentification | Devriawlerez V. Petriclf B. Gm/lmvj J\ ttowM General No-21 ^iUfi2 Qoes<ia,s re-jodiy Case No 2| -456 pe&n-fcd m refateJn afth<? Court Gf Appeals of N… |
| 22-5048 | George A. Pilola v. Craig Koenig, Acting Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2022-07-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpation fingerprint fingerprint-evidence napue-v-illinois napue-violation ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review prosecutorial-misconduct | 1) The failure of the prosecution to turn over the fingerprint showing no MAKE to Pilola was a violation of Brady v. Maryland; 2) The untruthfulness … |
| 20-7687 | Ronald James Hamilton, Jr. v. Texas | Texas | 2021-04-07 | Denied | IFP | capital-murder cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment exculpatory-evidence fingerprint-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct punishment-trial witness-testimony | I. Did the trial prosecutors deny Mr. Hamilton Due Process by failing to disclose exculpatory fingerprint comparison results relevant to an extraneous… |
| 19-6610 | Mario Alberto Rubi v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-11-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | court-of-appeals criminal-procedure door-doctrine evidence expert-testimony fingerprint-evidence fingerprints open-door-doctrine open-the-door precedent standard-of-review unknowing-courier | Whether the court of appeals erred in finding Mr. Rubi opened the door to expert testimony regarding unknowing couriers based on a few isolated questi… |
| 18-6954 | Steven Scott Wells v. California | California | 2018-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards expert-testimony fingerprint-analysis fingerprint-evidence forensic-evidence judicial-review scientific-methodology | Does a fingerprint expert's testimony that two fingerprints "match" have any evidentiary value if the expert provides no explanation for that conclusi… |