| 25A850 |
Jeffrey Dale Busby v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2026-01-28 |
Application |
|
confrontation-clause constitutional-error expert-testimony forensic-evidence smith-v-arizona technical-reviewer |
Question not identified. |
| 25A707 |
Edward C. Brown v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-12-17 |
Application |
|
child-pornography forensic-evidence knowingly-possessed metadata probation-violation supervised-release |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5267 |
Antonio B. Nascimento-Depina v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2025-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review confrontation-clause due-process forensic-evidence harmless-error jury-determination |
Whether, after a state supreme court expressly acknowledging that admitting surrogate DNA-analyst testimony violated the Sixth Amendment Confrontation… |
| 25-5131 |
Lucio Roy Atkinson v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-07-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights drug-testing due-process forensic-evidence habeas-corpus pro-se-litigation |
1. Can the State of Texas "dry lab" test results in order to obtain a conviction under TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 481.104(a)(2) and § 481.114(a)(c) ?… |
| 25-5004 |
Delano Hale v. Bill Cool, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-murder criminal-defense forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance strategic-decision strickland-standard |
In a capital murder case focused on the circumstances of the decedent's death, where forensic evidence is known to comprise the State's main evidence,… |
| 24-6084 |
Christopher Roalson v. Jon Noble, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause evidence-preservation forensic-evidence |
Whether allowing an expert witness to discuss other test results or testimonial statements if the testimonial statements were not themselves admitted … |
| 24-5509 |
James Rashad Clay v. Roy Odum, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-evidence witness-testimony |
I. Who was the November 11, 2013 gunshot residue report under Division of Forensic Sciences Case# 2013-10 4511 by Georgia Bureau of Investigation exam… |
| 24-5508 |
Jason J. Dominick v. Tina Walker, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette |
Third Circuit |
2024-09-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
blood-pattern-analysis forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance prejudice-analysis strickland-standard trial-counsel |
1. If Velma and the rest of the Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. Gang would expose junk science presented to the jury in order to preserve the reliability and … |
| 23-7150 |
Elana Gordon v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2024-04-05 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure criminal-trial expert-testimony expert-witness forensic-evidence forensic-testimony right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
1. Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits
the prosecution in a criminal trial to present testimony by a substitute forensic
e… |
| 23-6610 |
Wendell C. Helfrick v. Russell L. Rabb, III, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney of Culpeper County |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
cases-and-controversies civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing state-court-review |
1. Tha. State. state deprives_an_incl lividual from. wtilizing He. right of Due. Process, does this not violate,established guarantees, that are_prote… |
| 23-6356 |
Mohammad Sharifi v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2023-12-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocent armed-evidence constitutional-search criminal-procedure direct-evidence due-process evidence-admissibility forensic-evidence fourth-amendment police-misconduct reasonable-doubt trial-judge |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6232 |
Charles C. McCrory v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (7)IFP |
bite-mark bite-mark-analysis conflicted-judge due-process expert-testimony forensic-evidence judicial-recusal recanted-testimony scientific-developments scientific-reliability |
Whether, as several circuits have found, there is a due process right not to be convicted based on forensic evidence later shown to be fundamentally u… |
| 23-5611 |
David Stephen Middleton v. William Gittere, Warden |
Nevada |
2023-09-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence due-process forensic-evidence habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction state-court-procedure state-courts |
1. In a post-conviction proceeding, was Mr. Middleton's right to due process violated when the Nevada state courts failed to consider exculpatory evid… |
| 23-5549 |
Hope White v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2023-09-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence dna-testing due-process forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment post-conviction post-conviction-dna-testing procedural-due-process state-created-right |
1. Does barring a petitioner's access to biological and forensic evidence that can be submitted for DNA testing to prove innocence—when a state-create… |
| 23A134 |
William Glenn Rogers v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
capital-habeas death-penalty forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-prong strickland-standard |
Question not identified. |
| 22-7774 |
Duane E. Armstrong v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony fingerprint-analysis forensic-evidence trial-procedure |
Before the Supreme Court review during trial in front of a jury. Does the
court 's need a second analyst to testifies, to the first analyst opinion co… |
| 22-885 |
South Carolina v. Angela D. Brewer |
South Carolina |
2023-03-15 |
Denied |
|
confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure expert-testimony forensic-evidence forensic-pathology melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts ohio-v-clark sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements |
Whether lab results requested not by law enforcement but by a forensic pathologist to assist in making a routine cause of death determination are test… |
| 22-6152 |
Carlos Edward Kennedy v. Carla Jones |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure continuance discretion forensic-evidence pro-se |
Question not identified. |
| 22-5588 |
John Wakefield v. New York |
New York |
2022-09-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
artificial-intelligence confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony forensic-evidence probabilistic-genotyping sixth-amendment source-code |
Does the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution require the disclosure of the source code of an artificial inte… |
| 22-5330 |
Demetrius J. Wade v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-08-10 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fifth-amendment forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
(1). Was petitioner's 5th and 14th Amendment Rights violated when police tampered with evidence and removed bullet fragments recovered from the victim… |
| 21-7982 |
In Re Mo Savoy Hicks |
|
2022-05-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence deceptive-testimony excited-testimony excited-utterance forensic-evidence forensic-exposition fourth-amendment legal-relief miscarriage-of-justice perjury |
1. Does the novel issue, Forensic Exposition, demonstrate deceptive testimony and establish actual innocence?
2. Does the novel issue, Excited Uttera… |
| 21-7610 |
Terry Smith v. Florida, et al. |
Florida |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
autopsy autopsy-testimony confrontation-clause due-process evidence forensic-evidence hearsay medical-examiner sixth-amendment testimony |
1. Does Florida's practice of allowing a medical examiner to testify to an autopsy he/she did not perform violate the Confrontation Clause when the me… |
| 21-7492 |
In Re Jonathan Manwell |
|
2022-03-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review confrontation constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel forensic-evidence impartial-tribunal |
DOES PETITIONER HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO LOCATED AND CONFISCATED EXCULPATORY FORENSIC EVIDENCE, TRANSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR A MEANIN… |
| 21-7109 |
Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington due-process forensic-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice |
Whether, given that the district court's agreement that Mr. Mills was denied the opportunity to confront the forensic analyst in this case, did Mr. Mi… |
| 21-7037 |
Robert Breest v. New Hampshire |
New Hampshire |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure dismissal dna-testing expert-testimony favorable-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus new-hampshire retrial statutory-interpretation |
1. Issue One: Whether the DNA tests were favorable under New Hampshire RSA 651-D-2, VI (b) and warrant dismissal of the charge because a different res… |
| 21-6700 |
Tremaine Rashon Wray v. Dennis Bush, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel expert-witness forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-review sixth-amendment |
Whether Petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at the PCR hearing, by trial Counsel's failure to object to… |
| 21-6612 |
Brian Cavitt v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-integrity due-process fair-trial forensic-evidence misleading-jury perjury quality-assurance trial-procedure |
1) Where an incomplete dvi prflle allegedly fom @ Knife handle ,is frlsely ~
scremkfreally cmduded to be a'match' bo a vickins complete DNA profile,
… |
| 21-5976 |
Jude Joseph David Lovchik v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-10-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-investigation criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing expectation-of-privacy forensic-evidence fourth-amendment search-and-seizure search-warrant |
The Fairfax County Police seized trash from in front of Jude Lovchik's home. The items seized were then submitted to the Virginia Department of Forens… |
| 21-5932 |
Michael R. Burns v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody civil-rights dna-fabrication due-process evidence-substitution evidence-tampering fabrication forensic-evidence forensic-integrity laboratory-procedure substitution |
Whether the Court should grant a Writ of Certiorari to review whether petitioner's conviction was obtained through the fabrication of DNA and fingerpr… |
| 21-5756 |
Gettus Leroy Mintz v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection false-testimony forensic-evidence grand-jury sixth-amendment witness-testimony |
Question not identified. |
| 21-5301 |
Justin Lane Foust v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
daubert daubert-standard expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence forensic-evidence general-acceptance handwriting-analysis handwriting-comparison judicial-reliability kumho-tire scientific-methodology |
Can the admissibility of expert testimony about the supposed author of a forged writing be upheld on a record that shows little (if anything) more tha… |
| 20-8151 |
Marcus D. Williams v. California |
California |
2021-05-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility forensic-evidence forensic-testing hearsay hearsay-evidence testimonial-statement testimonial-statements |
1. What degree of formality is necessary before hearsay statements contained within a forensic testing report which connect an accused to the testing … |
| 20-7914 |
Danny Ray Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment cell-phone cell-phone-search consent consent-search custodial-interrogation digital-privacy forensic-evidence forensic-search fourth-amendment search-and-seizure |
During a custodial interrogation, a police detective asked for the password to Danny Williams' cell phone, which had been seized incident to Williams'… |
| 20-7774 |
Kevin Johnson v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure double-standard due-process evidentiary-standard expert-testimony forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance post-conviction |
Did the trial an%or appeal court err by allowing the testisying "erperts" to
use statements of unadijucated witnesses as bisis for their opinion and
p… |
| 20-7679 |
Troy Allen Lucas, aka Troy Madron v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-rule-of-evidence-807 fifth-amendment forensic-evidence inconsistencies sixth-amendment third-party-guilt |
Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from denying, under Federal Rule of Evidence 807, the admission of testimony provided … |
| 20-6799 |
Kosoul Chanthakoummane v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
bitemark-identification criminal-procedure dna-analysis dna-evidence due-process expert-testimony eyewitness-identification eyewitness-testimony forensic-evidence scientific-evidence trial-fairness |
Is Petitioner's conviction the product of a fundamentally unfair trial that was prejudiced by the admissibility of flawed forensic scientific evidence… |
| 20-6496 |
Michael Alford v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing expert-services expert-witness forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-assistance motion-of-innocence pro-se-litigant right-to-counsel |
Wheth The Court erred in Refusing To Order legal assistance and forensic Software expert assist. To Obtain and Subrit factual evidence of The Microsof… |
| 20-630 |
Benjamin Scott Brewer v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering exculpatory-evidence forensic-evidence material-evidence state-misconduct |
Whether this Court's ruling in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and its progeny entitle a defendant to the knowledge, before trial, that a state … |
| 19-8607 |
Derrick Thompson v. Patrick Griffin, Superintendent, Sullivan Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2020-06-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
confrontation-clause fair-trial forensic-analysis forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment speedy-trial testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements |
Does the Confrontation Clause permit the prosecution to introduce testimonial identification statements of a non-testifying forensic analyst through t… |
| 19-8407 |
Mauro Ramirez v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection evidence fair-trial forensic-evidence scientific-reliability |
I. Whether the State must establish the reliability and accuracy of the ki liastruwtffefiirn used for electrophoresis and ether preliminocry pN/A anal… |
| 19-8314 |
Reginald Ward v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-04-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence circumstantial-evidence constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-evidence jurisdiction self-defense statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 19-8077 |
Arnold Anderson v. Gilberto Valenzuela, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure digital-privacy forensic-evidence fourth-amendment property-rights search-and-seizure |
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| 19-1065 |
Teresa Ann Johnson v. Alaska |
Alaska |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure expert-testimony forensic-evidence lab-report sixth-amendment surrogate-expert testimonial-evidence |
1. Whether the Confrontation Clause prohibits
the prosecution from introducing into evidence at trial
a certified lab report reflecting statements of
… |
| 19-6837 |
Anzara Brown v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland chain-of-custody civil-rights confidential-informant constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-disclosure exculpatory-evidence forensic-evidence medical-examiners witness-testimony |
I.
WHETHER THE STATE OF DELAWARE
CAN WITHOLD EXCUIPATORY EVIDENCE
RELATING TO THE STATES OFFICE
OF MEDICAL EXATMINERS OFFICIALS
i
STEALING DRUG EVIDEN… |
| 19-6429 |
William Jovian Davis v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (7)IFP |
aedpa certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing forensic-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit-review pro-se strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Did the Ninth Circuit's unreasoned denial so clearly misapply Buck's modest standard as to call for summary reversal? |
| 19-6179 |
Jesus Felix-Heras v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
computer-forensics confrontation-clause criminal-procedure database-search evidence-admissibility expert-testimony fingerprint-analysis forensic-evidence search-algorithm sixth-amendment |
Whether admission of the results of a search of computer fingerprint database, which the record shows to be identical to fingerprint analysis done by … |
| 19-5997 |
Robert Williams, Jr. v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2019-09-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence capital-murder cause-of-death constitutional-rights death-certificate due-process forensic-evidence judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence skull-injury stab-wound x-ray |
Whether, in order to prove actual innocence, the cause of death, in a capitol murder case, had an affect on the judgment of the jury, and where Defend… |
| 19-5895 |
Lavar Eady v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chemical-composition confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony forensic-evidence lab-testing substitute-analyst testimonial-hearsay truth-of-the-matter |
Whether the Confrontation Clause prohibits a substitute state analyst from testifying at trial as to the composition of a seized substance obtained as… |
| 19-5640 |
In Re Larry Swearingen |
|
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 death-penalty due-process false-testimony forensic-evidence habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition innocence innocence-standard schlup-v-delo scientific-evidence scientific-testimony successive-petition |
1) What is the scope of the evidence for a court's assessment of innocence under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (b)(2)(B)(ii) ? Is a court of appeals ' consideratio… |
| 18-9745 |
Marion Wilson, Jr. v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2019-06-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-punishment dna-testing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection forensic-evidence procedural-issues procedural-safeguards |
1. Was Petitioner denied due process by the state court's refusal to provide a hearing that was mandated by Georgia's DNA statute, particularly given … |
| 18-9428 |
Robert L. Jenkins v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction bullcoming-v-new-mexico civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law forensic-evidence judicial-review melendez-diaz-v-massachusetts testimonial-statements |
This COURT's 2OO4 dECiSiON iN CRAWfORd v. WAshingtOn, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) clEARly ESTAblishEd thAT, puRSUANT to thE CONFRONtATiON ClAUSE of THE SiXth A… |
| 18-8972 |
Wardell Nelson Joiner, Jr. v. John Sutton, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-error due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial false-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus schlup-standard schlup-v-delo time-of-death wrongful-conviction |
Did the courts below err in applying this Court's decision in Schiup v. Delo to hold that Petitioner's compelling new evidence, though presenting at t… |
| 18-8728 |
Joseph Christen Thoresen v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
corroborating-testimony credibility credibility-of-witnesses criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process-jury-instructions-d criminal-procedure-jury-instructions drug-addiction due-process forensic-evidence jury-instruction jury-instructions methamphetamine prejudicial-evidence prejudicial-information witness-credibility |
Whether the court below erroneously held, in conflict with the decisions of two circuits, that a special jury instruction was not warranted when consi… |
| 18-8379 |
John Anthony Dobbs v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-standard crawford-v-washington due-process evidence forensic-evidence medical-examination medical-forensic medical-forensic-purpose sane-nurse sane-nurse-examination testimonial-statement testimonial-statements |
BECAUSE SANE NURSE EXAMINATIONS HAVE EVOLVED INTO A DUAL MEDICAL AND FORENSIC PURPOSE, HAVE THE STATEMENTS OBTAINED BECOME 'TESTIMONIAL' FOR PURPOSES … |
| 18-8228 |
Daryl Bocook v. Gary Mohr, Warden |
Ohio |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-precedent forensic-evidence habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict legal-principles precedent-conflict standing state-court-dismissal supreme-court-review |
The state courts sua sponte dismissal of my petition was A departure from the Accepted And usual course of Judicial proceedings including claims of Ex… |
| 18-8111 |
Rossahn Black v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bullcoming confrontation confrontation-clause evidence-admissibility expert-witness forensic-evidence forensic-testimony melendez-diaz melendez-diaz-precedent ninth-circuit-interpretation sixth-amendment testimony |
I. Whether this Court's decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. 305, 129 5.Ct. 2527 (2009) and Builcoming v. New Mexico, 5614 U.S. 647, 1… |
| 18-7424 |
William Felix Vail v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-code criminal-evidence doctrine-of-chances due-process forensic-evidence physical-proof presumption-of-innocence presumptive-evidence reasonable-doubt |
Did the Stale offer sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?
Should the State have been allowed to offer evidence via the Doctri… |
| 18-7010 |
Jermaine Mitchell v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause expert-testimony expert-witness forensic-evidence lab-reports law-enforcement-testimony lay-testimony narcotics narcotics-testimony scientific-evidence sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence |
Whether law enforcement (lay) testimonies about the narcotics character of certain substances may be shined with the expert testimonial gloss of unpro… |
| 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… |
| 18-6079 |
Rowan Brooks v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims due-process evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus judicial-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review state-court-proceedings |
Rowan Brooks was 65 years old on th e night in 2004 when his 68-year-old wife of eighteen years passed away. Neit her the police officer on the scene … |
| 18-6070 |
Carlos Cornwell v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2018-09-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bracy-v-gramley expert-testimony forensic-evidence hinton-v-alabama ineffective-assistance judicial-bias judicial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington structural-error |
This Court has recognized there are cases that turn on scientific or technical evidence where "the only reasonable and available defense strategy requ… |
| 18A1345 |
Marion Wilson, Jr. v. Georgia |
Georgia |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
clemency constitutional-rights death-penalty dna-testing execution-stay forensic-evidence |
Question not identified. |
| 24A349 |
Robert Leslie Roberson III v. Texas |
Texas |
|
Denied |
|
actual-innocence capital-punishment changed-science due-process forensic-evidence shaken-baby-syndrome |
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals violated Robert Leslie Roberson III's constitutional rights to due process and a meaningful opportunity to… |
| 25A335 |
In Re Blaine Milam |
|
|
Denied |
|
actual-innocence death-penalty eighth-amendment forensic-evidence intellectual-disability junk-science |
Question not identified. |