involuntary-confession

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24-6891 Davone Unique Anderson v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2025-03-31 Denied IFP custodial-interrogation due-process involuntary-confession mental-health-crisis right-to-counsel self-incrimination 1. Whether a statement to a corrections officer made by an individual who has just attempted suicide while in custody is "voluntary" when the prison h…
24-562 Narjes Modarresi v. Texas Texas 2024-11-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) due-process ineffective-assistance involuntary-confession mental-illness miranda-rights sixth-amendment I. Whether the Court should summarily reverse the TCCA's judgment because its rejection of petitioner's ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim …
23-7390 In Re Guy Lewis Coulston, Jr. 2024-05-06 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection exclusionary-rule interrogation-tactics involuntary-confession miranda-rights trespass Did Detective trespass on private property and violate" Miranda right And Edward, to make an "Involuntary Confession " during Interrogation by (Ignori…
23-6932 Tremond Thomas v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied IFP coerced-waiver confession-suppression due-process-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation involuntary-confession juvenile-interrogation juvenile-rights police-questioning right-to-counsel right-to-cut-off-questioning During an interrogation, Thomas, fifteen-years-old at the time, began to make inculpatory statements. After hearing the statements, Thomas' mother tri…
23-6497 Alex Marquez v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel involuntary-confession miranda-warning ninth-circuit 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err when Alex Marquez made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right as to an inadequate Miranda warning …
23-5770 Victor M. Barahona v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance involuntary-confession miranda-warning police-interrogation self-incrimination 1. When Detective Lopez told Petitioner that his statement could be used in his favor, did Detective Lopez subverted the Miranda warning, thus, render…
22-7496 Akkeli Frederick v. California California 2023-05-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment illegal-interrogation involuntary-confession ninth-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination CjO-3 tv\ Qfo ae* c^LA.^'beA - PeA-iVt ©\ne.>r <^>V_a£> -VVua CLovav T-V-W? v'-e.N/xssi V(^. Vv^Ae\ACC Code SecA-ie>iA-i4-3L'20-'^ LOV\e^ VVv£. #\oUi…
22-7084 Christopher Daniel Lutker v. Michigan Michigan 2023-03-23 Denied IFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process guilty-plea involuntary-confession knowingly-voluntarily mental-competency plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing trial-court-discretion x, £>lP C-HHT^TOpHEM DAHTTT ZHTHE& KNOWTMZZYj I NTT/LLX&TNTIy AND YOIUNTARILYMADE WHEN H E WAS 5J3aK AND SOJU-TN&HIMEJTLF ANDPZMZEP A fiESrACOM uMTL…
22-5835 Norman Alan Kerr v. Christopher Gomez, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-10-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process involuntary-confession plea-bargaining sentencing should the Cincuit Rehaif r U.s that allows split held in stipolatiow waiving all the elements 9922(1) 2 be held coutnolling a credible clain of despi…
22-5465 LaRoyce McFadden v. Illinois Illinois 2022-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protections due-process interrogation-rights involuntary-confession juvenile-justice juvenile-suspect police-interrogation police-procedure right-to-counsel self-incrimination Whether a murder conviction based on a 17-year-old boy's statements made to police after he was held incommunicado for over 24 hours, the police ignor…
21-6405 Ashley McArthur v. Florida Florida 2021-11-24 Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment involuntary-confession law-enforcement miranda-rights self-incrimination waiver-of-rights Whether a law enforcement officer's minimization/downplaying of a defendant's rights set forth in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), renders a s…
21-6188 Johnathan Andrew Doody v. Arizona Arizona 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-withdrawal coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance involuntary-confession right-to-testify 1. Whether Doody was denied his personal right to testify in his own behalf by his attorneys' ineffective assistance regarding their advice on the use…
21-6045 Melissa Richardson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-circuit appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency involuntary-confession judicial-error miranda-rights motion-to-suppress right-to-counsel Whether the 5th Circuit erred in denying Richardson's motion to suppress. Whether the 5th Circuit erred in affirming that there was sufficient eviden…
21-5959 Darwin J. Fifield, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied IFP civil-rights coerced-statement counsel-ineffectiveness due-process excessive-force fifth-amendment fourth-amendment involuntary-confession law-enforcement self-representation sixth-amendment Whether law enforcement's unprovoked excessive use of force during an arrest should invalidate as coerced by threat or force a Petitioner's later stat…
20-8401 Tyler Landon Thornton v. Florida Florida 2021-06-23 Denied IFP circuit-split civil-rights coercion constitutional-rights criminal-plea due-process fifth-amendment involuntary-confession non-state-actor plea-bargaining plea-involuntariness I. THIS CASE PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE A CIRCUIT SPLIT ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: WHETHER COERCION FROM A NON-STATE ACTOR CAN RENDER A PLEA I…
20-1196 Benjamin McClellan v. Ohio Ohio 2021-03-01 Denied 5th-amendment confession-suppression constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility involuntary-confession motion-to-suppress police-interrogation standard-of-review Whether the denial of petitioner's Motion to Suppress his confession was proper.
20-5639 TJ Cain, aka Thomas J. Cain v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure involuntary-confession miranda-rights plain-error pretrial-motion suppression-of-evidence When a criminal defendant does not timely file a pretrial motion raising a claim covered by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(b)(8), is his claim …
20-5501 Andrew Darvin Hersh v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied IFP ativan-influence confession-admissibility credibility-determination credibility-determinations due-process federal-court-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confession non-custodial-confession state-court-findings state-court-review Ground I. Does a 'non-custodial' confession uttered under the influence of the prescription drug, 'Ativan,' render a confession involuntary and inadmi…
19-8391 Joseph M. Coffman v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process involuntary-confession miranda-rights motion-to-suppress I. Whether the trial court erred in denying your petitioner's Motion to Suppress Statements? II. Whether the trial court erred in denying your petiti…
19-7310 Michael Charles Smith v. Florida Florida 2020-01-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP confession-voluntariness criminal-procedure due-process involuntary-confession medication-effects medication-impairment mental-capacity narcotic-medication physical-condition psychological-coercion voluntariness At the time the critical statements were made the mind of the accused was insuffientlr clear and hampered by the combination of his Phrsical condition…
18-9773 Arie Robert Redeker v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment coercion coercive-detention coercive-tactics constitutional-rights custodial-interrogation fifth-amendment fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree involuntary-confession law-enforcement-tactics self-incrimination WHETHER FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE DOCTRINE APPLIES TO A CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION THAT HAS BEEN TAINTED BY: 1). LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCING THE INTERROGA…
18-9728 Sung Ho Park v. Tammy Foss, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP confession due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance interrogation involuntary-confession lesser-included-offense physical-incapacitation police-interrogation prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel I. Whether Park, Who Was Physically Incapacitated When The Police Interrogated Him, Could Not Make A Voluntary Statement; Whether Trial Counsel Render…
18-1488 John S. Cammalleri v. Florida Florida 2019-05-29 Denied Response Waived confession confession-involuntariness criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment involuntary involuntary-confession law-enforcement leniency Whether a "specific" and "direct" promise of leniency by a law enforcement official renders a defendant's confession involuntary pursuant to the Fifth…
18-7047 Anthony Casanova v. Michigan Michigan 2018-12-14 Denied IFP criminal-procedure custodial-confession custodial-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment interrogation involuntary-confession miranda-rights self-incrimination DID THE TRIAL COURT'S ADMISSION OF ANTHONY CASANOVA'S CUSTODIAL CONFESSION DEPRIVE HIM OF HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT AGAINST COMPELLED SELF-INCRIMINATI…
18-6646 John Edward Davis v. Florida Florida 2018-11-08 Denied IFP autopsy-photographs coercion constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confession involuntary-statements juvenile-offender juvenile-offender-rights juvenile-rights motion-to-suppress right-to-testify self-incrimination Question #1: Whether the Florida Court of Appeals unreasonably applied this Court's precedent when it upheld the denial of a post-conviction claim all…