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25-6758 Quintin Washington v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2026-02-09 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process grand-jury indictment judicial-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction I. WHEN A COURT LACKS SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION, PROCEEDINGS ARE VOID AB INITIO. ARE THE CONVICTIONS/SENTENCES AGAINST MR. WASHINGTON VOID BECAUSE T…
25-5328 Ayana Saunders v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment indictment sixth-circuit trial-procedure variance venue I. Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the proof at trial did not result in a Constructive Amendment or Variance from the…
25-5146 Ahmad Abouammo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-18 Granted Amici (6)Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure federal-rules indictment prosecutorial-discretion statute-of-limitations venue-statute 1. Whether venue is proper in a district where no offense conduct took place, so long as the statute's intent element "contemplates" effects that coul…
24-7349 Reymundo Arredondo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constructive-amendment criminal-procedure essential-elements indictment statutory-interpretation When a criminal offense can be committed in a variety of ways, does a prosecutor constructively amend an indictment by altering the essential elements…
24-6972 Michael John Stitts v. Brian Eller, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-quantity guidelines-interpretation indictment leadership-role sentencing-enhancement WHEN FEDERAL DEFENDANTS ARE ATTRIBUTED A DRUG QUANTITY FAILS TO TESTIFY - CONDUCTED AND THERES NO REQUIRE REVERSAL BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION AND THE CH…
24-6654 Willie Alsha Hill v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure indictment jury-instruction multiple-conspiracies trial-rights Whether a multiple conspiracies instruction cannot, as a matter of law, be given where a defendant proceeds to trial alone.
24-6111 Junior Standly Martinez-Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure indictment judicial-review legal-error motion-to-dismiss Whether The Denial Of Mr. Martinez's Motion To Dismiss The Indictment Was Erroneous?
24-6016 Santiago Parks Howard-Rios v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial statutory-maximum L Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
24-5962 Preston M. Young v. Angela Phams, Warden, et al. Georgia 2024-11-13 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment 1. Whether a defense attorney provide effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed under the Sixth Amendment when he fails to demurrer indictment to …
24-5862 Ismael Hernandez-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure indictment jury-trial prior-conviction statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
24-5684 Raunel Garcia-Suarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
24-5200 Victor Tavares v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction petition sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5030 Lani Lucas Limane, aka Lukasz Chad Limane v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error identity-theft indictment indictment-variance plain-error plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense rule-11 Was it plain error for a District Court to convict Petitioner on his plea of guilty to a crime never charged in the governing Indictment? When the su…
23-7769 In Re Johnny Smith 2024-06-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bar-ethics court-rules criminal-procedure due-process indictment judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct rule-of-court rules-of-court 1) WHY DOES A DEFENDANT/PETITIONER AFTER DENIAL OF APPEAL UNDER 3.850 AS FILED IN FEDERAL COURT ALL UNDER HABEAS CORPUS IS WARRANT? 2) PROSECUTOR DEL…
23-7671 James Chamblin v. Ohio Ohio 2024-06-07 Denied IFP amendment constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-amendment pleading-recasting recasting-of-pleadings state-appellate-court Does a State Appellate Court violate a Petitioner's right to Due Process under the United States Constitution, when a court recast a litigants pleadin…
23-7478 Dylan Gregory Kerstetter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-14 GVR IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach constitutional-indictment criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-finding jury-trial prior-felony-conviction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner pleaded guilty to an indictment alleging all the elements necessary for conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and punishment up to 120 …
23-7271 Arthur Lomax v. Colorado Colorado 2024-04-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial felony-prosecution grand-jury indictment preliminary-hearing subject-matter-jurisdiction When a states "Bill of Rights", calls for the prosecution of felonies *only by indictment whether prosecution by any other method conforms with the st…
23-7146 Antonio Ochoa-Leyva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-7143 Armando Ordonez-Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-6978 Jose Salome Gallardo Granados v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-6936 Jose Eulalio Aguillen-Servin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-959 Colin Montague v. United States Second Circuit 2024-03-04 GVR Amici (4) circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-charging criminal-law drug-statute due-process federal-procedure indictment indictment-sufficiency statutory-interpretation The question presented, over which there is an open split between the Second and Third Circuits, is whether an indictment charging a violation of 21 U…
23-6870 Ariel Perez-Lainez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-6849 Juan Salazar-Grimaldo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure criminal-indictment criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-6786 Carl Ray McNeil, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-02-21 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation The Armed Career Criminal Act imposes heightened statutory penalties if a defendant convicted of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) has three prior c…
23-6768 Vidal Garza-Morin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-6663 Emmanuel Gil v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-6556 Robert Thrasher v. Georgia Georgia 2024-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment legal-record statutory-oath subject-matter-jurisdiction void-conviction witness-testimony Where there is no record of grand jury proceedings, this means there were no grand jury proceedings. The criminal jury proceeding was never a grand ju…
23-6488 Juan Garcia-Bertadillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-6484 Miguel Angel Sanchez-Delgado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-6433 Rico Lorodge Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-08 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment jury-finding sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty The Armed Career Criminal Act imposes heightened statutory penalties if a defendant convicted of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) has three prior c…
23-6412 Jose Eugenio Pavon-Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-6410 Pedro Pena-Talamantes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-6402 Vidal Orellana-Sibrian v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-6394 Andrew Tablack v. United States Third Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-statute indictment indictment-defect scheduling statutory-interpretation Is there a legal element in 21 U.S.C. §811(2)(G) that requires the "drug named" in the indictment to be listed as the controlled substance analogues? …
23-6385 Alfonso Garcia-Vela v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-6360 In Re Burt Setts 2023-12-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment capital-conviction civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment Whether Petitioner was denied the right to a capital conviction without a Grand Jury's indictment, under the U.S.C., 5th Amendment, violating due proc…
23-6320 Santiago Salazar-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23A559 Colin Montague v. United States Second Circuit 2023-12-18 Presumed Complete continuing-criminal-enterprise criminal-statute fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment predicate-violations Question not identified.
23-6182 Joshua Anthony Peterman v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process habitual-offender indictment ineffective-assistance judicial-bias jury-indictment prosecutorial-bias sentencing speedy-trial (1) Whether the trial Court erred in amending Judgment and hate Sentencing to not* dual in violation of fllx, ft-Crim. P, Rule ti&lH,i (h) (d) Whethe…
23-6176 Faustino Garcia-Sanchez, aka Miguel Garcia-Sanchez, aka Miguel Zamora-Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-556 Ramey & Schwaller, L.L.P. v. Zions Bancorporation NA, dba Amegy Bank Fifth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response Waived arrest criminal-law due-process formal-charge indictment united-states-v-marion 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit misconstrues Texas criminal law by equating an arrest without indictment as a formal charge for a felony regardless that …
23-6081 Jacobo Fuentes-Salgado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-6013 Calvin Cogdill v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-procedure criminal-sentencing fifth-amendment indictment jury reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation May a district court judge properly find, by a preponderance of the evidence, the uncharged, non-elemental fact that a person committed three prior of…
23-5936 Hector Francisco Santos-Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-5896 Frank Richardson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-10-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP §2255-motion 924(c) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process indictment ineffective-assistance jury-instructions plain-error sentencing sentencing-jurisdiction Did both the District Court and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals violate Petitioner's constitutional rights by denying his motion to Vacate, Set aside, …
23-5880 Jose Fernando Martinez-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-5846 Jong Whan Kim v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts indictment mens-rea plea-hearing rule-11 Is it error for a district court to rely on a defendant's pre-hearing review of the indictment to inform him of the nature of the offense?
23-5668 Maurice Bellamy v. United States District of Columbia 2023-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-vagueness count-severance criminal-indictment criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process indictment joinder severance trial-court-discretion I. Whether the trial court erred when it denied defendant's repeated motions to sever counts in the indictment II. Whether the cruel, heinous and atr…
23-5608 George Butler v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-09-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus habitual-offender indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel intervening-decision sentencing-error (1) The Conviction and/or Sentence was in violation of the United States Constitution, Mississippi Constitution, and Laws of Mississippi. (2) The Con…
23-5606 Samuel Valencia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-18 GVR Relisted (3)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation fifth-amendment indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution require that facts to prove a defendant's prior convictions were for offenses committed on …
23-5457 Deangelus Thomas v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-08-28 GVR Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof constitutional-fact-finding criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial predicate-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-penalty May a district court judge properly find, by a preponderance of the evidence, the uncharged, non-elemental fact that a person committed three prior of…
23-5390 Neeraj Chopra v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements indictment indictment-modification jury-instruction jury-instructions sexual-assault sexual-contact statutory-interpretation A jury instruction constructively amends the indictment if it modifies the essential elements of the offense charged in the indictment. Chopra's indic…
23-5292 Carlos Arturo Patino Restrepo v. United States Second Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-instructions prosecutorial-discretion Where an indictment alleges a conspiracy involving a specific group, does a district court's conspiracy instructions which removes any mention of the …
23-5264 Julio Cesar De La Rosa-De La Cerda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-5213 Deangelo Devon Grant v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process indictment indictment-interpretation judicial-discretion methamphetamine methamphetamine-weight sentencing-guidelines Does utilizing a provision of the United States Sentencing Guidelines for " actual " weight of methamphetamine, rather than the charged offense of " m…
23-5218 In Re Jerome Curry 2023-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indictment material-facts non-response sentencing standing summary-judgment waiver Was na-F -tee, ChtcC aJ US ltf,H US ?a CK/ljc.R-k,vtc Gr,W*j^ Kr,/^' F, 0 H Doei nof Ike. /d/vU reqtfint AUeA dot 4o Hoe fLetyoniew+Y na>vre£ pcn.se …
23-5075 Derek J. Petty v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-offense criminal-procedure due-process essential-element federal-felony federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-defect judicial-review structural-error Whether the omission of an essential element of a criminal offense from a federal felony indictment constitutes structural error.
23-5062 Alfredo Martinez-Rubio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-7852 Juan Victor Quezada-Lara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-7882 Sergio Delgado-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-7758 Steven Keith Hunley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-violations criminal-procedure fifth-amendment indictment jury-factfinding lower-courts-error preponderance-of-evidence sixth-amendment Can a district court judge determine that an individual's prior offenses occurred "on occasions different," as required by the Armed Career Criminal A…
22-7377 Jose Isabel Mora-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-7284 Herbert Bernard Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure harmless-error indictment indictment-amendment interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation structural-error I. Should this Court grant the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to resolve whether the statutory language of 18 U.S.C. §2252A(a)(5)(B)'s alternative …
22-7016 Guadalupe Onate-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-15 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-6983 Bernardino Berrun-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-10 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-6966 In Re Antwoyn Terrell Spencer 2023-03-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-decisis constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause final-decisions grand-jury grand-jury-clause indictment jurisdiction statute-of-limitations Question not identified.
22-6925 Gregory Allen Cook v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-factfinding sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment May a district court judge properly find, by a preponderance of the evidence, the uncharged, non-elemental fact that a person committed three prior of…
22-6858 In Re Zumar H. Dubose 2023-02-24 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment jury-selection personal-jurisdiction sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-rights Question not identified.
22-6864 In Re Abdush S. DuBose 2023-02-24 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-procedure criminal-defendant due-process grand-jury indictment judicial-discretion jurisdiction jury-selection standing trial-rights Question not identified.
22-6716 Conrado Olivo-Duron v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-6477 Claudius English, aka Jay Barnes, aka Brent English v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction conviction-challenge due-process dunn-v-united-states fifth-amendment indictment indictment-theory interstate-commerce jury kidnapping-statute Whether the lower courts' affirmance of English's conviction on the basis of a theory not charged in the indictment or argued to the jury and advanced…
22-6382 James A. Warren v. Florida Florida 2022-12-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-crime capitol-crime constitutional-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process fifth-amendment florida-constitution grand-jury indictment presentment 1. Does Article I Section 15(a) of the Florida Constitution prohibit any person from being tried for a capitol crime without presentment or indictment…
22-6372 Jose Felipe Cardenas-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-6300 Edman Castro-Salazar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres criminal-procedure due-process indictment recidivism recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense L. Whether the government's failure to allege a prior conviction necessary to support a statutory recidivism enhancement violated Mr. Castro's right "…
22-6302 Selvin Omar Canales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
22-6267 Mack Doak v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-requirements interstate-commerce interstate-travel sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Petitioner was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c), which criminalizes "cross[ing]a state line with intent to engage in a sexual act with a person who…
22-6227 Peter Corines v. New York New York 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection false-testimony indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain state-action Was Petitioner denied due process and equal protection of the law in violation of Constitutional Amendments V and XIV when the State used known false …
22-6228 Giovanny Sanchez-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure immigration-law indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) was wrongly decided, allowing for the provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2) deal…
22-6201 In Re Arthur James Lomax 2022-12-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment bill-of-rights civil-rights due-process federalism grand-jury indictment state-constitution statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction uniformity-of-laws Is it true that the Colorado Constitution specifies that the General Assembly of the State of Colorado? Colo. Const. art.V.8 18. Is the Colorado Cour…
22-5977 Bonerge Benitez-Marquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-5921 Antwoyn Terrell Spencer v. United States District Court for the District of Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2022-10-26 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process grand-jury indictment mandamus personal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
22-5810 Martin Perez-Barrios v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-5785 Robert Alan Fratta v. Texas Texas 2022-10-07 Denied IFP attorney-neglect constitutional-compliance criminal-procedure grand-jury habeas-corpus indictment pro-se state-courts state-procedure supreme-court-precedent 1) IN LIGHT OF THE SHINN v. MARTINEZ RAMIREZ RULING, ARE STATE COURTS NOW REQUIRED TO ACCEPT AND RULE ON THE MERITS OF CLAIMS PRESENTED IN WRITS OF H…
22-5759 Andrew Robertson v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-10-04 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence indictment judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
22-5575 Ronald Mickel v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum statutory-minimum violent-felony I. Whether all facts — including the fact of a prior conviction — that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and …
22-5337 Carlos Vazquez-Tellez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-5328 Justin Michael Tyson v. North Carolina North Carolina 2022-08-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5104 Nakia Adams v. United States Third Circuit 2022-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession indictment speedy-trial third-circuit 1. Did the Third Circuit error by not dismissing Mr. Adams' indictment on speedy trial ground and/or the Government's failure to prove that he is a fe…
22-5053 Jesus Perez-Solis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-17 Vaxima, Inc., et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2461 breach-of-contract criminal-conviction criminal-forfeiture honeycutt-decision honeycutt-v-united-states indictment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a criminal forfeiture judgment against Petitioners Vaxima, Inc. and GenPhar, Inc. (collectively "Petitioners") under 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c), i…
22-5040 Priscilla Ann Ellis v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2022-07-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-iii constitutional-rights criminal-charges criminal-procedure due-process extradition indictment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Does a criminal defendant have the right to an Attorney Immediaetely once criminal charges are presented in an Indicment? 2. If criminal defendan…
21-8268 Roger Acosta v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution indictment indictment-defect mens-rea rehaif-standard structural-error Petitioners were each convicted of possessing a firearm as a prohibited person. After their convictions became final, this Court held in Rehaif v. Uni…
21-8271 Raul Garcia-Salazar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-8276 Isidoro Reyes-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-8281 Jose Carreon-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-8231 Fidel Torres-Villanueva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-8226 Eric C. Sutherland v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-statute-of-limitations constitutional-claim habeas-corpus indictment indictment-sufficiency jurisdictional-challenge new-evidence procedural-default schlup-standard schlup-v-delo subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. IF-AN INDICTMENT OMITS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT AND A PRISONER FILES A §2255 A FEW MONTHS AFTER AEDPA'S ONE-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAS PASSED, IN …
21-8182 Reuben Conway v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-defect jurisdiction mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation After Petitioner Reuben Conway was charged, convicted, and sentenced for prohibited person in possession of a firearm, this Court overturned near-unan…
21-7998 Lamar Daniel Ron Wilson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP charging-instrument constitutional-violation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-information indictment ineffective-counsel plea-agreement 1. Is a plea agreement, the statement of the accused, "I did it.", the sole piece of information necessary to convict? Specifically, is felony informa…
21-7858 Larry Lewis v. Mississippi Fifth Circuit 2022-05-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions Whether the indictment was defected in count 1 and two under See - on pale coun) cauck practice The in dickmeng fail +o e Cu 6 Spee ic dake and lace o…
21-7832 Daniel Casamayor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute indictment knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), if Casamayor 's indictment charg…
21-7763 Randolph Ashford v. South Carolina South Carolina 2022-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment amendment-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process indictment indictment-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Was Petitioner's 5th, 6th, and 14th, Amendment Rights of the U.S. Constitution, Due Process Rights violated, by the pro cedural defects in the establ…
21-7624 Wilfredo Lee Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-04-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constructive-amendment criminal-enticement criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment indictment predicate-offense statutory-interpretation 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), which criminalizes the attempted enticement of a minor to engage in "sexual activity for which any person can be charged …
21-7549 Ernesto Palacios-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure immigration-law indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) was wrongly decided, allowing for the provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2) deal…
21-7522 Jerry Wayne Phillips v. Martin Frink, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection sexual-battery standard-of-review 1. CAN CONVICTIONS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY BE SUSTAINED WHEN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FAILED TO PROVE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME AS DESCRI…
21-7448 Edgar Garza-Limones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
21-7404 Jose Antonio Barahona-Paz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-7352 Pedro Intzin-Guzman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-7293 Jose Rodriguez-Vasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-7295 Miguel Lerma-Reyes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-7191 Rosa Leija-Peralta v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
21-7170 Deborah Bowers and Steve S. Jabar, aka Steve Shariff, aka Satar Jabar, aka Kamal Jabar, aka Kamal Jamel v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1001 appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure false-statements fraud fraud-theory indictment materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation 1. May a court of appeals reinstate a verdict on a theory of fraud that was not pled in the indictment, not sought to be proven or argued at the trial…
21-7084 Dwight David Jordan v. Florida Florida 2022-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-instructions legal-precedent lesser-included-offense principal-liability waiver GROUND 1) Whether the court can depart from clearly established law on case by case basis? State v. Gray, 435 So. 2d 816, 818 (Fla. 1983) is a case th…
21-1082 Tarresse Leonard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-04 Denied criminal-procedure essential-element harmless-error indictment judicial-review motion-to-dismiss structural-error Whether the erroneous denial of a timely raised motion to dismiss an indictment omitting an essential element is structural error requiring dismissal …
21-7006 Juan Jaime-Guzman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-rights criminal-procedure indictment prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment I. Can a court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment, impose a statutorily enhanced sentence based on the fact of a prior conviction never alleged in t…
21-6948 Robert Earl Ramseur v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process grand-jury indictment prosecutorial-vindictiveness self-surrender sentencing superseding-indictment 1. Is it prosecutorial vindictiveness to have a superseding indictment after completion of the trial proceedings and sentencing without resubmission t…
21-6944 Juan Coreno-Garay v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-6910 Juan Manuel Cruzado-Laureano v. W. Stephen Muldrow First Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion attorney-for-government attorney-for-the-government criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure grand-jury grand-jury-procedure indictment indictment-validity judicial-discretion mandamus mandamus-petition 1- An Indictment whose "True Bill" is only signed by the US District Attorney to arrest and criminally prosecute an accused is valid, even when the si…
21-6746 Adan Ramirez-Rubio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
21-6718 Gregory Chester and William Ford v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-doctrine conspiracy-sentencing criminal-procedure grand-jury indictment presentment-clause sentencing statutory-sentencing superseding-indictment Whether, where Apprendi and its progeny requires the petit jury to return special findings as to individual conspiracy defendants to justify an increa…
21-6631 Jorge Ivan Vazquez-Medrano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
21-851 Richa Narang v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment jurisdiction mens-rea reinstatement statute 1. Whether a district court has jurisdiction to try a defendant upon a finally dismissed indictment that the government has never sought to reinstate,…
21-6489 Edward F. Swanson v. Texas Texas 2021-12-02 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment judicial-discretion jury-trial preponderance-standard sentencing statutory-scheme Question not identified.
21-6434 Robert Alan Fratta v. Texas Texas 2021-11-29 Denied IFP aiding-and-abetting constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indictment jury-charge jury-instructions law-of-parties 1) CAN A LAW OF PARTIES (OR AIDING AND ABETTING) BE ADDED TO A JURY CHARGE WHEN A PERSON IS INDICTED AS THE ONLY ACTOR TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE? 2) IS U.…
21-6356 Felipe Nieves-Perez v. Texas Texas 2021-11-19 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment indictment life-sentence motion-to-quash right-to-due-process trial-court I. DID THE TRIAL COURT VIOLATE MR. NIEVES-PEREZ'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS BY DENYING HIS MOTION TO QUASH THE INDICTMENT? II. DOES THE LIFE SENTENCE IMPO…
21-6321 Fernando Rodriguez-Macedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
21-6322 Gustavo Trejo-Ramos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
21-6250 Joel Rivera-Alejandro v. United States First Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process excessive-delay fifth-amendment indictment multi-defendant sixth-amendment speedy-trial trial-delay Whether Petitioners Constitutional Fifth Amendment's Right to Due Process of Law and his Sixth Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial were violated when hi…
21-6255 Ofelio Arvizu-Loredo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
21-6142 John Gregory Alexander Herrin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-theft criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-indictment indictment interstate-transportation jurisdiction money-laundering statute-of-limitations WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WAS ENTITLED TO ESTABLISH PETITIONER'S GUILT AT TRIAL FOR FEDERAL OFFENSES IT DID INDICT (INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN M…
21-6137 Vassily Anthony Thompson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment sentencing 1. Does it offend the Fifth Amendment right to a grand jury for a court to ignore legally relevant elements of an offense charged by a grand jury in a…
21-5997 Jeremiah Ybarra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-statute due-process effective-counsel fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment WHETHER APPELLANT WAS DENIED HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT OR INDICTMENT WHETHER APPELLANT WAS DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIG…
21-6004 Olufolajimi Abegunde v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conspiracy-charges criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure indictment indictment-allegations rule-8-joinder venue venue-impropriety In determining the propriety of Joinder of offenses and/or defendants under Rule 8 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, there is a profound circuit sp…
21-5858 Enrique E. Quintana v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence collateral-attack commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure indictment indictment-deficiency plea-agreement waiver Can a defendant who claims actual innocence after entering a plea agreement be barred from raising his actual innocence claim based on a Plea Agreemen…
21-5868 Ryan Russell Parks, aka Dinero v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment constitutional-rights constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial indictment ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief variance Question not identified.
21-5574 Walter Manuel Marques-Mejia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
21-5543 Louis Matthews v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review circuit-court-conflict conspiracy conspiracy-charge federal-law indictment judgment-acquittal ninth-circuit plain-error 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in upholding a conviction for a conspiracy other than the conspiracy charged in the indictment, on a theory raised for th…
21-243 James Warner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied bribery-statute constructive-amendment criminal-procedure indictment indictment-modification jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error substantial-rights Whether the constructive amendment of an indictment by an erroneous jury instruction, stating that conspiracy counts alleged agreements to violate a d…
21-5358 Leonel Rodriguez-Caraveo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
21-5286 Gerald M. Calmese v. Arizona Arizona 2021-08-04 Denied IFP conviction criminal-indictment double-jeopardy due-process essential-elements fraudulent-schemes indictment legal-sufficiency multiplicity sentencing-error Is there legally sufficient evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the required element for fraudulent schemes for which the petitioner was c…
21-5240 Carlos Elias Cruz-Bermudez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
21-5106 Logan Viquesney v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-instructions legal-sufficiency notice state-offense sufficiency-of-evidence 1) Can the Court sustain a conviction when a required underlined State offense is not charged in the indictment?
20-1819 Lawrence B. Hughes v. Georgia Georgia 2021-06-30 Denied 14th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process indictment indictment-clarity jury-charge jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense standard-of-review Is it a requirement within State Statute of Fed eral law for an indictment to be clear and precise within accusation? In review of deliberation stag…
20-8384 Pedro Rodriguez-Calderon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
20-8344 Harry Sharod James v. Tom Brickhouse, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-admissibility ex-post-facto grand-jury impartial-jury indictment judicial-discretion trial-rights Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment and presented to a grand jury in th…
20-8279 Kirk Cottom v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation computer-logs due-process expert-evidence fabrication falsification indictment ineffective-assistance perjured-testimony perjury 1) Is it a due process violation for the government to obtain an indictment based on perjured testimony about fabricated, and falsified computer log…
20-8290 Anthony Leon Waits v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court federal-court federal-rule forfeiture forfeiture-judgment indictment indictment-notice statutory-basis Does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(a) prohibit a district court from entering a forfeiture judgment when the indictment does not give notice…
20-1671 Chi Ping Patrick Ho v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure federal-courts foreign-corrupt-practices-act indictment money-laundering prosecution-exemption reference-canon statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a federal court may decline to apply the reference canon, recently reaffirmed by this Court in Jam v. Int Fin. Corp., --- U.S. ---, 139 S. …
20-8152 Miguel Martinez-Figueroa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
20-8067 In Re Jeremiah Ybarra 2021-05-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights conviction due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN'S FIFTH-AMENDMENT VIOLATED WHEN HIS CASE IS NOT PRESENTED TO A GRAND JURY TO GAIN AN INDICTMENT ON THE ALLEGED OFFENSE? DOES A…
20-8013 Jesus Manuel Anchondo-Quezada v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
20-1514 Robert John Dodd v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2021-04-28 Denied child-sexual-abuse criminal-indictment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-proceeding statute-of-limitations trial-counsel Dodd was indicted on nine counts for the sexual abuse of a child more than fifteen years ago. Each count of the indictment was an identical carbon cop…
20-7838 Edward M. Vargas, Sr. v. Craig Koenig, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-charge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process fair-notice indictment jury-conviction jury-instructions ninth-circuit Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's precedents in ruling that Petitioner was not denied fair notice of the charges against him despite t…
20-7820 Michael J. Little v. United States Second Circuit 2021-04-22 Denied IFP constructive-amendment criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process foreign-accounts green-card-holder indictment second-circuit stirone-v-united-states tax-reporting willful-violation Whether the indictment was constructively amended to add additional undeclared "overseas" accounts not among those specifically identified on the grou…
20-7800 Jacqueline Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure fairness-standard federal-criminal-law indictment mens-rea plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-decision trial-record I. When applying plain error review based on an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, may an appellate court consider information outside …
20-7793 Edgar Ivan Lira Estrada v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
20-1460 Rolando Cruz, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-16 Dismissed Response Waived appellate-review conspiracy criminal-procedure evidence evidence-standard indictment indictment-variance rico-conspiracy third-circuit united-states-v-rowe I. WHETHER IT WAS ERROR FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT TO JUSTIFY AFFIRMANCE OF THE RICO CONSPIRACY CONVICTIONS ON THE BASIS OF EVIDENCE PROVING SOMETHING QUIT…
20-7604 Christopher Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea indictment mens-rea plain-error rehaif I. When an indictment fails to allege an essential mens rea element, may the appellate court assume the indictment still alleges a federal offense and…
20-7591 Herminio Perales-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
20-7486 Carlos Guzman-Merced v. United States First Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2106 appellate-remedy appellate-review criminal-procedure indictment indictment-dismissal judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review remedial-authority statutory-interpretation Whether a Court of Appeals can, and should, order an indictment that omits an element of the crime dismissed as part of the appellate remedy given the…
20-7456 Rafael Ayala-Solorio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
20-7232 Raul Almanza-Portillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
20-7220 Antonio Diaz-Agurcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
20-7064 Justin Lee Perry v. North Carolina North Carolina 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-amendment due-process felony felony-charge fourteenth-amendment grand-jury indictment sixth-amendment trial-modification 1. Since the N.C. Constitution guarantees indictment by a grand jury for felony charges, does the N.C. Supreme Court decision conflict with Plveiff. D…
20-6951 Julio Torres Palomo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony hearsay hearsay-objection indictment indictment-insufficiency jury-instructions sexual-abuse sufficiency-of-evidence FORMAL REQUISITE OF AN INDICTMENT: THE INDICTMENT FAILED TO PROPERLY ALLEGE THE OFFENSE,AS WRITTEN IN THE TEXAS PENAL CODE ANN. § 21.02. INSUFFICIEN…
20-6884 Luis Alberto Andrade-Salas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
20-6815 Robert Munoz v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-due-process double-jeopardy due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment indictment jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct statute-of-limitations IS IT WRITTEN IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION THAT A PERSON MAY BE INDICTED, REINDICTED .3-TIMES WITH SAME CAUSE NUMBER: BROADEN, ABANDON, AND BRING ABANDONE…
20-6713 Danielle Devona Jones v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process fifth-amendment firearm-offense grand-jury-indictment indictment section-924c statutory-interpretation IS THERE AN ACKNOWLEDGED CONFLICT AMONG THE SISTER CIRCUITS AS TO WHETHER SECTION 924(c) CRIMINALIZES TWO SEPARATE OFFENSES (1) "CARRY OR USE" A FIREA…
20-6690 Randolph Burleson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment criminal-law federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment indictment jurisdiction mens-rea sixth-amendment 1. Circuit courts are split on whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a criminal matter when the charging document omits an essential mens rea …
20-6601 Savannah Sifuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure elements-of-offense essential-element forfeiture guilty-plea indictment indictment-challenge statutory-interpretation waiver 1. Whether a defendant who unsuccessfully moves to dismiss an indictment for failure to allege an essential element of the crime waives or forfeits th…
20-6583 Edgar Espinoza v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-defect criminal-indictment criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment guilty-plea indictment jurisdiction mens-rea sixth-amendment 1. Circuit courts are split on whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a criminal matter when the charging document omits an essential mens rea …
20-6559 Jesus Villarreal-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
20-6458 Clayton Lee Waagner v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca armed-career-criminal-act burglary-definition collateral-estoppel indictment indictment-statute ohio-aggravated-burglary predicate-offense statute-of-conviction statutory-interpretation Whether the "statute of conviction" must be used for an ACC A predicate offense, or can the district court use the statute listed on the indictment in…
20-6408 Jose Hilario Fernandez-Vargas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
20-6381 Domenico Anastasio v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure district-court indictment rico-conspiracy second-circuit standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred by affirming the judgment of conviction and sentence pronounced by the United …
20-6389 Tomas Martinez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
20-6197 Gregory C. Raymore v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law due-process firearms indictment jury-instructions mens-rea A. Whether Petitioner's conviction must be vacated because (1) the indictment failed to alleg e an essential element of the offense–that Petitioner kn…
20-6109 Rashawn D. Watson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession guilty-plea indictment indictment-sufficiency knowledge-element mens-rea plea-bargaining rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states A. Whether the decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) requires that Petitioner's guilty plea and conviction be vacated when (1) t…
20-6088 Miguel Angel Baez-Castillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-rights criminal-procedure indictment prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment I. Can a court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment, impose a statutorily enhanced sentence based on the fact of a prior conviction never alleged in t…
20-6007 William Harold Wright, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process indictment judicial-review prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence venue Did the Delaware Court Erect to Denie doaht's Modton bo t SINS Che Naictineit?
20-5994 Mongkhon Leekomon v. Georgia Georgia 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure georgia-court-of-appeals indictment legal-procedure statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tolling tolling-exception Whether the Georgia Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the indictment alleged a statutory tolling exception to extend the seven-year statute of…
20-5949 Timmy Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Relisted (4)IFP criminal-indictment criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession indictment jury-instructions mens-rea prohibited-status rehaif rehaif-challenge 1) Whether Rehaif's mens rea requirement is limited to whether or not the defendant knew he was a convicted felon alone, or whether it requires him to…
20-5872 Jesus Sanchez-Chacon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
20-5882 Omero Nino-Guerrero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
20-5844 Horacio Santamaria, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-error constitutional-rights due-process grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT'S UNAVAILING DEFENSE OF THE INDEFENSIBLE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDICTMENT, INADEQUATE JURY INSTRUCTIONS, PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT…
20-5709 Rickey Cole v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP and proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? placed in the indictment burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing grand-jury indictment jury-trial sentencing sentencing-guidelines I. Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be found by a grand jury, placed in the indictment, and proven to…
20-5710 Jaime E. Coca-Ortiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
20-338 Johnny Clyde Benjamin, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response Waived 11th-circuit controlled-substances-act criminal-indictment federal-district-court furanyl-fentanyl indictment jurisdictional-defect statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION Federal district courts have their jurisdiction limited to violations of laws of the United States. During the per…
20-5691 In Re Freeman Berry 2020-09-14 Denied IFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea indictment jurisdiction jurisdictional-authority plea-agreement the inherent right to bind this Petitioner and other Defendants to a guilty plea contract it drafted. Does the United States Government retain contain…
20-5653 Hermenegildo Margarito Espinoza Espinoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum 1) Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eith…
20-5329 Douglas Dean Scyphers v. Washington Ninth Circuit 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection grand-jury indictment indictment-procedure statutory-conflict vagueness 1. When the Washington State Constitution, Article I, section 26, says, "No grand jury shall be drawn or summoned in any county, except the superior j…
20-5287 In Re Eddie Allen Jackson 2020-08-06 Denied IFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment indictment-modification judicial-error Whether the district court constructively amended the indictment in petitioner's case and if so does it rise to a Fifth Amendment violation?
20-5226 Jose Flores-Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
20-5161 Roberto Gonzalez-Gatica v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
20-5184 Richard Brian Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act criminal-charging criminal-procedure indictment indictment-error prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-provision statutory-interpretation 1) Whether sentencing Mr. Williams under the ACCA was error because the prosecutor specifically charged the sentencing provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)…
19-8825 Edgardo Navarro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi criminal-procedure indictment notice-clause prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment I. Can a sentencing court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause, impose a statutorily enhanced sentence based on the fact of a prior co…
19-8791 Jose Angel Vasquez-Soto v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-8723 Shane P. Irish v. Ohio Ohio 2020-06-17 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process incarceration indictment sixth-amendment speedy-trial waiver Whether the speedy trial guarantee of the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution applies to an accused serving a prison sentence on a prior offense?…
19-8561 Jesus Julian Corona-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP crime-of-violence criminal-procedure indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-8331 Jose A. Rodriguez v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied IFP constitutional-error constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process felony-offense grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance penal-law right-to-counsel 1. Whether the State Court constructively amended the indictment which charged petitioner on September 1, 2009 through September 1, 2010, before the N…
19-8051 Jack Benjamin Hessiani v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment indictment-defect jurisdictional-challenge mens-rea sixth-amendment 1. The Circuits are divided over whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a criminal matter when the charging document omits an essential element…
19-7864 Derek Crosby v. Illinois Illinois 2020-03-03 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process indictment jury jury-determination legislative-power sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-maximum Whether The Legislature Can Remove The Facts From The Jury That Increase The Statutory Maximum ? Whether Defendant Was Properly Found Death Eligible …
19-7833 Inocente Rodriguez-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-7779 Freddy Garcia v. Texas Texas 2020-02-26 Denied IFP constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,constitutional-erro harmless-error indictment indictment-variance jury-conviction jury-trial standard-of-review A jury convicted Freddy Garcia for a felony arising from a different incident than the one for which he was indicted. The State gave no pretrial notic…
19-7705 Michael Roman Burghardt v. United States First Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-defendant criminal-procedure-waiver direct-appeal element-of-offense elements-of-offense indictment plain-error-review plea-colloquy rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement supreme-court-precedent waiver 1. Whether a criminal defendant has waived a claim that the indictment failed to charge an element of the offense where the claim arose while his case…
19-7711 John Patrick Vescuso v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravating-factor apprendi apprendi-error circuit-split criminal-procedure indictment prejudice sentencing When assessing if a defendant was prejudiced by a district court's imposing a sentence greater than the maximum authorized by the charge in the indict…
19-7653 Roosevelt Bigbee, Jr. v. Jonathan Lebo, Warden Tennessee 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constructive-amendment conviction criminal-attempt criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder indictment plea-agreement robbery statute testimony Whether the admission of the plea agreement test mony evidence, of felony murder in the Perpetration of a robbery Included Tenn 3a-12-101 Criminal att…
19-7608 Juan Perez-Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-7548 Rudy Orlando Cabrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 Apprendi-v-New-Jersey criminal-procedure due-process indictment prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of…
19-7435 In Re Robert N. Brooks 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process due-process-clause fdic-insured fifth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-clause indictment indictment-clause notice-clause sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a manifest miscarriage of justice occurred on the face of Count One's conspiracy indictment to commit bank fraud in violation of the Grand Jur…
19-7322 Gerardo Sanchez-Miranda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-21 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
19-7348 Raymond Alston, aka Raymond Austin v. New York New York 2020-01-21 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process grand-jury indictment judicial-discretion malicious-prosecution sentencing-standards standing WAS APPELLANT DENIED DUE PROCESS BY THE COURTS SUA SPONTE DECISION, PURSUANT TO CPL DIVISION TO CONSIDER THE ERROR INCLUDED CHARGE OF BURGLARY IN THE …
19-7330 Michael P. Haldorson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-844h2 constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment statutory-interpretation stirone-v-united-states Where a grand jury charges a defendant with violating 18 U.S.C. § 844(h)(2) based on the carrying of an "explosive, namely, smokeless powder," may he …
19-7333 Eduardo Luis Martinez-Paz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-7254 John Garrett Smith v. Washington Washington 2020-01-13 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jury-trial martial-law military-justice sixth-amendment (1) Is it lawfully permissible for a State to knowingly breach three core Amendment V of the U.S. Constitution (ratified 12.15.1791) provisions by ind…
19-7220 Francisco Guerrero-Saucedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-7088 Marcos Cortez-Rogel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-7104 Julio Cesar Pacheco-Astrudillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-7070 Gary R. Tomey, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment jury-instructions material-variance self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-hearing 1. Whether a constructive amendment and/or material variance of the indictment occurs when a court instructs the jury for the first time — during its …
19-6969 Leviticus A. Swift v. Georgia Georgia 2019-12-18 Denied IFP 4th-amendment arrest-warrant civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment indictment probable-cause search-and-seizure RESENTED TO THE MAGISTRATE INSUFFICIENT TO PROVE PETITIONER SNE PTI HH 1ILLIVN IS THE INDIOTMENT IN THIS CASE VALID WHEN IT WAS NOT RETARNED YA GRANd …
19-7005 Johnnie Lewis Wood v. Virginia Virginia 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment-due-process 6th-amendment-rights conviction fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment indictment jury-verdict material-misrepresentation sixth-amendment Was Petitioner's Sixth And Fourteenth Amendment rights violated when the state and state witnesses presented false testimony and prevented a fair subm…
19-6960 Ulriste Tulin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment grand-jury indictment jury-instruction The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution requires a person to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, only if he is presented or indicted by…
19-6924 William D. Thomas v. Mark McCullick, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail civil-procedure confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification identification indictment officer-activity police-conduct preliminary-hearing warrant-inquiry whether a state's failure to meet the reciprocal r a one on one Confrontation during a preliminary hearng tanted by prior police activity is Sufficient to warrant a Caurt's reliability inquiry. II. Wh…
19-6906 Datanya Damon Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-review indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States, 15-1498, __U.S.__, 139 S.Ct. 2773 (June 28, 2019)? Whether t…
19-6876 Mauricio Aguirre, aka Mauricio Aguirre-Orcutt, aka Peter Holston-Aguirre, aka Peter Holston, aka Miller Aguirre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment jury-trial sentencing sentencing-modification sixth-amendment supervised-release Whether a federal defendant may suffer additional imprisonment on the basis of facts that have never been placed in an indictment, nor proven to a jur…
19-6795 Abraham Conde-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-02 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-6796 Valentin Castanon-Renteria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-02 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-6773 Edgar Ortega-Limones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-6760 Ijaz Khan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure-act constructive-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment indictment indictment-modification polygamy polygamy-charge THE INDICTMENT, AND WHETHER THIS CONSTITUTES A DOUBLE JEOPARDY VIOLATION N AS THE GOVERNMENT CAN LATER BRING A NEW CHARGE FOR POLYGAMY.
19-6619 Genesis Lee Whitted v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP base-offense-level criminal-procedure drug-quantity drug-weight fourth-circuit indictment relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-1b1.3 time-interval WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IMPROPERLY EXPANDED GUIDELINE § 1B1.3 BY INCLUDING DRUG AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH CONDUCT OCCURRING SIGNIFICANTLY OUTSIDE THE…
19-6582 Roberto Carlos Martinez-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
19-6540 Howard Grant v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure civil-procedure clay-v-united-states criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances final-judgment-rule forgery habeas-corpus indictment standing QUESTION ONE: Is a 28 USC SEC. 2255 MOTION premature if filed less than 90 days after the appellate court enters its judgment in accordance with the …
19-6500 Horacio Dominguez-Villalobos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-6290 Servando Pineda-Castellanos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-6268 Isabel Yero Grimon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii article-three-courts burden-of-proof federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-validity judicial-precedent limited-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Eleventh Circuit err in holding that federal jurisdiction is conclusively established whenever an indictment alleges a federal crime?
19-6243 Jackie Ray Patrick v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-defects due-process indictment indictment-validity jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue mississippi-law standing state-law void-for-failure-to-state-offense void-for-vagueness WHETHER PATRICK'S CONVICTION AND SENTENCE DERIVED FROM A DEFECTIVE INDICTMENT WHEREAS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE INDICTMENT OR CHARGE(S) WHICH PATR…
19-468 Keesha Elayne Frye v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied Response Waived appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment indictment-redaction jury jury-deliberation jury-instructions meaningful-review redaction standard-of-review What is the correct standard to determine whether a criminal defendant is denied meaningful appellate review when the district court destroys the only…
19-6199 Emeterio Espino Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-6200 Michael Scott Smith v. Florida Florida 2019-10-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process florida-statutes habeas-corpus indictment jurisdiction lesser-included-offenses post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Can a State Court indict an accused on one of the tried crime merely being in the quise a theory of crime of the Florida Statutes. and each are comple…
19-6135 Kelvin Townsend v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process freedom-of-information government-transparency grand-jury indictment judicial-oversight sealed-records standing IS THE EOVERNMENT REQUIRED TD DBTAIN A COURT BRDER FROM THE COURT TO UNSEAL A "SEALED CRiMiNAL INDICTMENT
19-6094 Andres Herrera-Segovia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-6042 Gerardo Tajonar Cortes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-6053 Diosme Fernandez Hano v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit evidentiary-rulings indictment judicial-precedent jury-instructions statute-of-limitations united-states-code witness-testimony 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in holding that the indictment was returned within the limitation period under 18 U.S.C. § 3297. 2. Whether the…
19-6019 Marco Antonio Murillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-defendants indictment indictment-right mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-haymond 1. Whether federal defendants enjoy the right to indictment as to some facts that alter the likely sentence within a mandatory range of punishment? Su…
19-5907 Luis Castaneda-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-5910 Benjamin Carpenter v. Georgia Georgia 2019-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights complicity constitutional-issue criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process error-analysis indictment jury-instructions standing supreme-court-review unchorged-crime Can Criminal Liability for a charged offense be based upon the Defendant's complicity in an offense which is clearly distinct from any charged offense…
19-5865 Pablo Sauste Balderas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
19-5829 Yoni Castro-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-5785 Raul Zapata-Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment home-search indictment jury-trial liberty-deprivation liberty-interest overbreadth probation probation-supervision statutory-maximum statutory-reasonableness supervised-release supervision vagueness I. Whether this Court should grant review to consider whether a condition of supervision requiring the Petitioner to permit a probation officer to vis…
19-5697 Felipe Vinagre-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure detention detention-motion federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure indictment judicial-interpretation jurisdiction legal-timing pretrial-motion speedy-trial-act Whether a motion for detention filed before an indictment or information charging a person has been obtained is a pretrial motion within the meaning o…
19-5639 Kirby D. Crawford v. Georgia Georgia 2019-08-19 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure deprivation-of-rights due-process evidence-of-proof evidentiary-standards fair-trial grand-jury indictment judicial-error legal-procedure petitioner standing trial-court Whether the trial Court erred to charge my he UE n__I sued__ wot aves sAessed Aaa SS! N. tac. 1__Of8 Ye by "the _gaches prior 4s _oe at tetal 2 cach _…
19-5623 Deshawn Legrier v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-16 GVR IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-possession indictment knowingly-element rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction In light of this Court's decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019) -- which held that the elements of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 92…
19-5537 Benjamin Escobedo v. Texas Texas 2019-08-09 Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-defects-indictment due-process indictment jurisdiction motion-to-close motion-to-quash sixth-amendment trial-court 1. Did the Trial court err When it overruled Appellants Motion to Quash the Amended indictment ? Cih.3t.38. RRY.7). 2. Oid the court of Appeals err b…
19-5510 Maurice Patrick Fortune, III v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-prosecution grand-jury indictment magistrate-warrant sentencing substantive-due-process (1) Mr. Fortune certifies the Commonwealth of Virginia err in deferring contents essential to the definition of a trial. A trial; as defined by Merria…
19-5455 Jesus Rios-Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
19-5423 Antonio Rashawne Carr v. Texas Texas 2019-08-01 Denied IFP appeal arraignment arraignment-hearing criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury grandjury-indictment indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sexual-assault ISSUE NUMBER ONE: Appeal Counsel only raised one point of error. It was a question regarding the Complainant. That she had been ISSUE NUMBER TWO: App…
19-5218 In Re Teon Jamell Williams 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-evidence due-process exceptional-circumstances indictment indictment-challenge ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactivity search-and-seizure short-form-indictment Was Petitioner's conviction obtained by use of evidence obtained by unreasonable search and seizure? 2. Was violation of United States Constitution A…
19-5114 Jovanny Rodriguez v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi due-process evidence fifth-amendment indictment indictment-variance interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent trial variance 1) Petitioner was convicted and sentenced without having an opportunity to establish an alibi due to a variance between the indictment and evidence at…
18-9806 Karlynn Romeo Tones, Donta Lyvoid Blackmon, and Arvin Terrill Carmen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment indictment-specificity jury-instructions jury-unanimity trial-evidence unanimity Do federal criminal defendants have a constitutional right to a specific unanimity instruction requiring the jury to unanimously define the duration a…
18-9767 LaShawn Johnson v. Randy L. White, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment aggravating-factors constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-instruction jury-instructions 1.) Does submitting aggravating factors of a crime in a jury instruction that wasn't charged in the indictment violate Due Process of a law according …
18-9723 Jennifer Cardenas v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment due-process false-statements indictment indictment-specificity jury-instruction statutory-interpretation variance visa-fraud 1. Whether an indictment charging visa fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a) or other crimes involving "false statements" must specify the allegedly false s…
18-9616 Rocky Riojas-Ordaz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
18-9642 Jeffrey Benton v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal class-v-united-states criminal-procedure direct-appeal double-jeopardy face-of-the-record guilty-plea indictment united-states-v-broce waiver-of-rights 1. Whether in light of Class v. United States, 138 S.Ct. 798 (2018), a defendant who enters an unconditional guilty plea and waives appeal, yet wishes…
18-9617 Randolph Harris Austin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP cocaine cocaine-base constitutional-rights constitutional-safeguards democratic-constraints due-process grand-jury grand-jury-indictment indictment jury-instructions procedural-rights procedural-safeguards Whe re the grand jury alleged c ocaine base and the jury was instructed that it didn't matter whether it was c ocaine b ase or cocaine and the judgme…
18-9567 Daniel De Leon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process indictment jury-trial reasonable-doubt supervised-release 1. Whether violations of supervised release that require or permit additional imprisonment must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt and plac…
18-9573 Ernesto Betancourt-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
18-9512 Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conspiracy criminal-culpability double-jeopardy dry-conspiracy due-process guilt indictment jury reasonable-foreseeability subject-matter-jurisdiction What is the Jury to finding in order to establish guilty Criminal Culpability in all Drug Conspiracy crimes? Answer! is the drug quantity to each defe…
18-9502 Christian Vazquez Capistran v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
18-9394 Ward T. Evans v. Delaware Delaware 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge constitutionality-of-statute criminal-law criminal-offenses criminal-procedure criminal-statute double-jeopardy due-process in-forma-pauperis indictment indictment-counts statutory-interpretation three-strike-rule three-strikes-law Whether Delaware's 11 Del. Crim. C. sec. 773(2) as it was written when Petitioner was charged and convicted, define three distinct and separate crimin…
18-9321 Jesus Cornelio Dolmo-Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
18-9231 Matthew Leachman v. Texas Texas 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation continuing-jeopardy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-conviction indictment indictment-strategy retrial retrial-rights In a retrial comprising "continuing jeopardy," where the original felony conviction has been overturned, may a State break the original indictment int…
18-9178 Matthew Oliver Alford v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Safety, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction grand-jury habeas-corpus indictment jurisdictional-constraints procedural-limitations standing state-court-conviction 1) Did the DistRict CouRt (W.D.N.C.A.D. and the 4 CiR. L.D.A.s Violate PetitiOnERS Right to aces feal Coun&Rght to oces yapplg the o Ro ceduRal Rules/…
18-9181 Kwame Ali Askia v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process exculpatory-evidence government-oversight indictment sixth-amendment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations In adherence to the Five (5)Year Statute of Limitation and the submitted questions in support and protection of the Petitioner of the Alleged Claim of…
18-9093 James M. Ferguson v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied IFP amendment civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indictment notice preliminary-hearing right-to-notice-of-charges right-to-prepare-defense C Cout Appoint pue cefender, ak fr continace FOR Client. After client inform AtorNey he Would Not sign Wavier of preliminaly, Because he wanted to vav…
18-9062 Derek Ray King v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process indictment jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing supervised-release 1. Whether violations of supervised release that require or permit additional imprisonment must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt, place d…
18-9030 Juan Reyes Rivera v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied IFP confrontation-rights constructive-amendment due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-clause indictment ineffective-assistance 1. Did trial counsel render ineffective assistance for failure to quash or dismiss Constructive Amended Indictment, amended by the trial court on thir…
18-8999 Mark Richard Hillstrom v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-threat due-process elonis-standard elonis-v-united-states grand-jury harmless-error indictment intent mens-rea mental-state statutory-interpretation Whether, in light of this Court's holding in Elonis v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2001 (2015), that, to obtain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), t…
18-8964 Artemio Miranda-Manuel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 almendarez-torres apprendi criminal-procedure due-process immigration indictment prior-conviction sentencing 1. Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of…
18-8819 Jorge Rogelio Reveles-Santana v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts — including the fact of a prior conviction — that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eit…
18-8807 Francisco Quintero-Corral v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey aprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process illegal-reentry indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum 1. Whether all facts- including the facts of a prior conviction- that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and e…
18-8777 Salim Abdu Gould v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel self-representation subject-matter-jurisdiction I. Did Trial Counsel Error in Denial of Pretrial Motions Prose Before the Appointment of Counsel? If Motions Entertained Pro Se, Does Petitioner bear …
18-8782 Cesar Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
18-8762 Jason Curtis Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment indictment remand standing superceding-indictment superseding-indictment WHETHER S FIFTH. AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DOUBLE JEOPARDY, DUE PROCESS AND THE EXPRESSED TERMS OF THE 6TH CIR. COURT OF APPEALS LIMITED REMAND ORDER WERE VI…
18-8699 Marckenson Chery v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2422b criminal-offense criminal-offense-element double-jeopardy fifth-amendment indictment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether an indictment for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) must identify the ''criminal offense'' element in order to meet the required nature of the …
18-8624 Bruce Elliott Miller v. Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa-procedural-bar constitutional-deficiency due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus indictment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statute-of-limitations strickland-standard strickland-test TRIAL COUNSEL FAILURE TO MAKE A TIMELY OBJECTION OR FILE A PRETRIAL MOTION TO DISMISS A FATALLY FLAWED INDICTEMENT CANNOT VALIDATE A "CONSTITUTIONALLY…
18-8442 Marc Dutch v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment apprendi criminal-procedure indictment jury prior-convictions sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Given that the Sixth Amendment and Apprendi prohibit a sentencing judge from finding facts about a prior conviction, does 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1)'s requ…
18-8436 David Fehr Harder v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts - including the fact of a prior conviction - that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eit…
18-8345 Gary Lakey v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus indictment judicial-procedure jurisdiction Question #1 - Did the Eleventh Circuit decide an appeal without jurisdiction when it denied a Certificate of Appealability (COA) on all issues on the …
18-8254 Eddie Earl Phillips v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process habitual-offender indictment jury-instructions sentencing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Whether Phillips' Conviction and Sentence stems from a defective indictment, a violation of his due process rights? Whether phillips' indictment was …
18-8190 Edgar Alonso Pineda-Pineda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process indictment prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of…
18-7948 Cesar Carapia Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
18-7692 Byron Anthony Horn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indictment plea-bargaining pleading reasonable-doubt reasonable-sentence sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases?
18-7528 In Re Keith E. Doyle 2019-01-23 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment adversarial-hearing constitutional-intent due-process fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-by-information information-document intent-of-delegates judicial-procedure montana-constitution preliminary-examination preliminary-hearing void-proceedings A. Re: The State District Court Judge Did the district court judge violate my right to Due Process of Law, factually loose jurisdiction, and create v…
18-7461 In Re Brandon Lee 2019-01-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affirmative-proof civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure grand-jury indictment judicial-review judicial-supervision legal-standing prosecutorial-misconduct WILL THE SUPREME COURT INVOKE ITS JUDICIAL SUPERVISORY POWER AS A BASIS TO PRESCRIBE STANDARDS OF PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT BEFORE THE GRAND JURY IF AFFIR…
18-7305 William Hilts v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury hearsay hearsay-testimony indictment witness-testimony Whether a criminal defendant's right to be prosecuted on an indictment voted by a Grand Jury under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constituti…
18-7307 Yoni Rayo-Espinoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
18-7325 John Joseph Zinkand v. Carlos Hernandez, Superintendent, Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus imprisonment indictment state-law statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Did North Carolina State unlawfully imprison 3 being N.C.G.S.S14-27.7A, a statute thathas been abolished, and replaced with two separate statutes, …
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 …
18-7110 James M. Flinn v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-allegations insufficient-evidence jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence (1) Whether the Petitioner was convicted upon insufficient evidence in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when, pursuant …
18-7029 Jorge Ruelas-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
18-6920 Clyde Retiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indictment plea-bargaining reasonable-sentence sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases?
18-6948 William Gavidia v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights common-heritage crimes-of-violence criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process enterprise indictment pattern-of-activity pattern-of-racketeering racketeering racketeering-activity Whether those of common heritage constitute an enterprise that should be indicted and tried together and any crimes of violence they commit constitute…
18-6841 Robert K. Stewart v. North Carolina North Carolina 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment true-bill (1) As used in an indictment, is the name ofthe defendant, the date of the affense, And the rame of the County, where the ALLeged offense Was committe…
18-6855 Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indictment indictment-variance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining proportionality sentencing sentencing-proportionality sentencing-reasonableness APPELLATE COUNSEL WAS GROSSLY INEFFECTIVE, BY ARGUING A MATERIAL VARIANCE IN THE INDICTMENT, INSTEAD OF THE MORE EGREGIOUS CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT OF T…
18-6864 Thomas Whitlow v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-complaint criminal-complaint-validity false-statements fraud-on-court indictment perjury probable-cause reckless-disregard subject-matter-jurisdiction sworn-affidavit void-judgment #1 IS THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT VOID WHEN IT WAS BASED ON STATEMENTS FROM SPECIAL AGENT TERRANCE TAYLOR STATEMENTS THAT WERE KNOWINGLY FALSE AND EXHIBITE…
18-6867 Alberto Jorge Silva-Ibarra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
18-6832 Keddron Rakee West v. Georgia Georgia 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process indictment mens-rea mistake-of-fact statutory-interpretation statutory-rape Is due process violated by not allowing Petitioner to rely upon the statutory enacted mistake of fact defense as his sole defense to an indictment for…
18-6800 Robert Ryan Powell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment double-jeopardy fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jury-instructions jury-unanimity plain-error sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations Where jury instructions lack the dates and timeframes specified in the indictment, do the jury instructions constructively amend the indictment, and t…
18-6770 David Nino-Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
18-6754 Domonic McCarns v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure harmless-error indictment plain-error-review speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Cryptic Letter, Number Codes are Sufficient to Satisfy the Speedy Trial Act Requirement that Reasons Justifying Delay of a Criminal Trial M…
18-6676 Herve Wilmore, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment wire-fraud 1) WHETHER, MR. WILMORE'S RIGHT TO BE TRIED ON CHARGES ACCEPTED BY A GRAND JURY, AND MR. WILMORE'S RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, WERE VIOL…
18-6576 Susan Kevra-Shiner v. United States Third Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fraud fraud-allegations indictment indictment-scope jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct verdict-slip Can a well written verdict slip cure the confusion created when the Government's Closing Argument and the Court's Jury Instructions constructively ame…
18-6468 Bernabe Lugo-Santiago v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-regulation firearms indictment interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden This case presents 3 narrow and discrete questions for this Court to consider, viz. - what happens when (a) the Government fails to allege in an indic…
18-6483 Armando Chavez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing indictment indictment-requirements judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases?
18-6399 Marcos Perez-Trevino v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP berger-v-united-states circuit-split closed-container closed-containers conspiracy drug-conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-due-process florida-v-wells fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure indictment inventory-search law-enforcement-policy material-variance probable-cause shared-interest Whether a material variance exists where the gover written-policy 1. IN THIS CASE, THE OFFICER CONDUCTED INVENTORY SEARCH OF A CLOSED CONTAINER WITHOUT A WRITTEN POLICY GOVERNING THE SEARCH OF SUCH CONTAINERS. WHETHE…
18-6352 Joseph Kelvin Aberant v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder cross-reference firearm firearm-offense fourth-circuit imperfect-self-defense indictment self-defense sentencing-guidelines I. WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN FINDING THAT THE CROSS REFERENCE UNDER SECTION 2K2.1(C)(l) OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES WAS AP…
18-6316 Willie Gene Wilks, Jr. v. Ohio Ohio 2018-10-15 Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process false-testimony grand-jury indictment jury-instructions plain-error-review prosecutor prosecutorial-misconduct structural-error 1. Is a defendant denied due process when a prosecutor presents and relies upon false testimony in order to secure an indictment in grand jury proceed…
18-6293 Alfredo Martinez-Rey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
18-6253 Daniel R. Wesling v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process indictment indictment-sufficiency pennsylvania-law presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-standards vagueness victim-testimony 1). Is not the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania conviction of Petitioner with uncorroborated victim statements coupled with an indictment so vague to dest…
18-6205 Eliseo Guevara-Guevara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule alleyne-v-united-states almendarez-torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process enhanced-punishment immigration-law indictment judicial-precedent prior-conviction sentencing Whether a prior conviction must be alleged in the indictment before a defendant is subjected to enhanced punishment under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b), thereby …
18-6072 Cristian Gamez Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts — including the fact of a prior conviction — that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and …
18-6042 Ronald Eric Ary v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deferred-adjudication due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum I. Whether this Court should grant review to determine whether a Texas deferred adjudication can qualify as a "prior conviction" for the purposes of t…
18-5972 Assane Faye v. United States Third Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof fifth-amendment indictment jury-instruction jury-instructions non-statutory-element prosecutorial-discretion sufficiency-of-evidence trial-procedure Does the government heighten its burden of proof at trial by adding a non-statutory element to the indictment, pursuing its case to include that extra…
18-255 George Briscoe v. Texas Texas 2018-08-28 Denied criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process fair-trial indictment indictment-amendment indictment-modification jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-procedure vagueness Can a defendant receive a fair trial when the plain language of a statute is ignored to allow the government to change the indictment after a jury has…
18-5744 Arthur Lawton Clark v. Walter Berry, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process guilty-plea habeas habeas-corpus indictment indictment-insufficiency ineffective-assistance procedural-bar procedural-default Why do the fed.District Courts and the 11th Cir. Court of Appeals apparently agree that I have only stated that petitioner's indictment is simply "Fla…
18-5680 Reginald McGee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-procedure indictment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence plea-colloquy sentencing-enhancement violent-felony I. The district court reverisbly erred when it determined that the defendant's prior conviction for aggravated assault was a violent felony qual ifyin…
18-5624 Feliciano Villa-Sariana, aka Feliciano Villa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process indictment plea-bargaining prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts B including the fact of a prior conviction B that increase a defendant =s statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and…
18-5474 Heriberto Garcia-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-maximum Whether all facts – including the fact of a prior conviction – that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eit…
18-5449 In Re Michael D. Smith 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appeals civil-procedure confrontation criminal-procedure district-court-review double-jeopardy due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus indictment motion-to-vacate post-conviction-relief self-incrimination sentencing speedy-trial standing Question not identified.
18-5457 Michael Allyn Kennedy v. Texas Texas 2018-08-03 Denied IFP appeal conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indictment jury-trial notice sixth-amendment trial The trial Couat had no Chorge OR offense no Reading without a dofe to impose a Conviction 247 Could convict Indctment and no JuRd of an wifhout a date…
18-5464 Jose Benitez, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery closing-argument constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-specification indictment indictment-variance jury-instructions prosecutorial-discretion variance 1. Does a constructive amendment occur where the jury instructions relieve the Government of proving, as alleged in the indictment, that a defendant c…
18-5405 Fortino Pimentel-Soto v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-maximum Whether all facts – including the fact of a prior conviction – that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eit…
18-5378 Alejandro Chavez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei…
18-5350 Carroll Erman Crider v. Virginia Virginia 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conviction-vacatur criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indictment indictment-notice jurisdiction notice standing statutory-violation #1 .Did the Supreme Court of Virginia err when it didn't determine that Crider was entitled to relief to vacate the judgment when the statute of Virgi…
18-5317 Jose Villanueva-Cardenas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-conviction-enhancement sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts – including the fact of a prior conviction – that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eit…