government-agent

9 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1152 Gregory Garcia v. New Jersey New Jersey 2025-05-09 Denied Response Waived affidavit criminal-defendant franks-hearing government-agent legal-defenses search-warrant Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to a Franks hearing when he presents specific and concrete evidence that the government agent who presented t…
23-7754 Alejandro Carrasco v. United States First Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bribery circuit-split federal-bribery government-agent official-act public-corruption quid-pro-quo statutory-interpretation I. Does an external consultant retained by a state or local government qualify as a government "agent" subject to prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 666 wh…
22-5431 Davante Turner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protections courtroom-closure due-process fair-trial government-agent public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error (1) Whether it is structural error and a violation of Petitioner's constitutional protections to a fair and public trial under the Sixth Amendment of …
21-8139 Duenta Grier v. Georgia Georgia 2022-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP availability confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process government-agent minors testimonial-hearsay witness-availability Was the Confrontation Clause violated when the State presented testimonial hearsay consisting of out-of-court statements to a government agent alleged…
21-7950 Enrique Alejandro Faz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-responsibility drug-conversation drug-evidence due-process evidence-discovery government-agent probable-cause warrantless-search - Whether it is unconstitutional to derive from an alleged phone call that the conversation is about drugs simply because an ag ent of the government…
21-311 Carrie S. Willis, Individually and as Trustee of the Trust of James C. and Norma D. Willis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-agent government-liability mandatory-duty sovereign-immunity state-law-tort-claims tort-claims 1. Whether the discretionary-function exception shields the Government from suit whenever a government agent fails to fulfill a mandatory duty that ap…
21-5163 Gregory Scott Stephen v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure eighth-circuit fourth-amendment government-agent private-citizen search-and-seizure search-warrant sentencing-guidelines standing 1. Was the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that a private citizen can never be established as a government agent ab…
21-5039 Gavin Wayne Wright v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied IFP co-conspirator-statements co-defendant criminal-conspiracy due-process entrapment false-statements federal-rules-of-evidence government-agent jury-instruction materiality testimony I. Petitioner pointed to the Government agent's testimony about his "recruitment" role and activities for co-defendant Patrick Stein, and admitted tes…
18-6659 James Rodwell v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2018-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP agency-relationship criminal-informant criminal-procedure government-agent implicit-agreement jailhouse-informant massiah massiah-doctrine sentencing-benefits sixth-amendment Whether an in-custody criminal informant who has repeatedly benefited monetarily and received lesser sentences from previous cooperation with the gove…